Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

कुलीनैः सत्त्वसम्पन्नैः शौचाचारसमन्वितैः । धीसंगतैः क्षमायुक्तैस्त्रिसंध्यं जपतत्परैः

Transliteration

kulīnaiḥ sattvasampannaiḥ śaucācārasamanvitaiḥ | dhīsaṃgataiḥ kṣamāyuktaistrisaṃdhyaṃ japatatparaiḥ

Translation

ആ സ്ഥലം കുലീനരും സത്ത്വസമ്പന്നരും ശൗചസദാചാരസമന്വിതരുമായ, മനസ്സിനെ സംയമിച്ചവരും ക്ഷമയുള്ളവരും ത്രിസന്ധ്യാജപത്തിൽ തത്പരരുമായ ജനങ്ങളാൽ നിറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• कुलीनैः: by noble-born (people)
• कुलीनैः: Kartṛ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kulīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (ऋषिभिः/जनैः implied)

• सत्त्व-सम्पन्नैः: by those endowed with virtue
• सत्त्व-सम्पन्नैः: Kartṛ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sattva (प्रातिपदिक) + sampanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• शौच-आचार-समन्वितैः: by those possessed of purity and good conduct
• शौच-आचार-समन्वितैः: Kartṛ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śauca (प्रातिपदिक) + ācāra (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• धी-संगतैः: by those associated with wisdom
• धी-संगतैः: Kartṛ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhī (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• क्षमा-युक्तैः: by those endowed with forbearance
• क्षमा-युक्तैः: Kartṛ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣamā (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• त्रि-संध्यम्: at the three daily junctions (dawn/noon/dusk)
• त्रि-संध्यम्: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative sense: ‘at the three sandhyās’)

• जप-तत्परैः: by those devoted to recitation
• जप-तत्परैः: Kartṛ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: japa (प्रातिपदिक) + tatpara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: descriptive narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra āśrama-saṅga

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined community at the āśrama: pilgrims and householders with calm faces, clean garments, water-pots, prayer beads; three sandhyā moments suggested by changing sky tones—dawn, midday sun, and twilight lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through purity, right conduct, patience, and steady daily worship (sandhyā-japa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ṛṣi-āśrama setting within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa performed at the three sandhyās (morning, noon, and evening) is highlighted as a core practice.