Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

देवतीर्थसमं नास्ति तीर्थमत्र परत्र च । यत्प्राप्य मनुजस्तप्येन्न कदाचिद्युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

devatīrthasamaṃ nāsti tīrthamatra paratra ca | yatprāpya manujastapyenna kadācidyudhiṣṭhira

Translation

ഇഹലോകത്തും പരലോകത്തും ദേവതീർത്ഥത്തിന് തുല്യമായ മറ്റൊരു തീർത്ഥമില്ല. ഹേ യുധിഷ്ഠിരാ! അതിനെ പ്രാപിച്ച മനുഷ്യൻ പിന്നെ ഒരിക്കലും താപം അനുഭവിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• देवतीर्थसमम्: equal to Devatīrtha
• देवतीर्थसमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवतीर्थ + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (समास: देवतीर्थस्य समम्)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तीर्थम्: a tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• परत्र: elsewhere
• परत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (elsewhere/there)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (Object of प्राप्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having done)

• मनुजः: a man, human
• मनुजः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तप्येत्: should suffer/should do penance (be afflicted)
• तप्येत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• कदाचित्: ever, at any time
• कदाचित्: Kala (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devātīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arriving at Devātīrtha, stepping into luminous waters; dark clouds of suffering dissolve into light; Yudhiṣṭhira listens as Mārkaṇḍeya declares the place unmatched, with a calm, radiant atmosphere signifying the end of torment.

Characters & Entities

• Devātīrtha
• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme tīrtha is presented as a refuge that alleviates suffering across worlds, emphasizing the salvific power of sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devātīrtha is explicitly declared unequalled in both worlds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the focus is the result of attaining/visiting Devātīrtha.