Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

उद्दिश्य जगतो नाथं देवदेवं दिवाकरम् । तस्य पुण्यफलं यद्वै कथितं द्विजसत्तमैः

Transliteration

uddiśya jagato nāthaṃ devadevaṃ divākaram | tasya puṇyaphalaṃ yadvai kathitaṃ dvijasattamaiḥ

Translation

ജഗത്തിന്റെ നാഥനും ദേവദേവനുമായ ദിവാകരസൂര്യനെ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ച് ചെയ്ത കർമത്തിന്റെ പുണ്യഫലം, ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാർ നിശ്ചയമായി പ്രസ്താവിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• उद्दिश्य: having dedicated/aiming at
• उद्दिश्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्-दिश् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/absolutive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाथम्: lord
• नाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवदेवम्: God of gods
• देवदेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दिवाकरम्: the Sun
• दिवाकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of that (rite)/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (Masculine/Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुण्यफलम्: meritorious fruit
• पुण्यफलम्: Karma/Pratipādya (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Anuyogī (Relative pronoun/यत्-तत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय (predicative)

• द्विजसत्तमैः: by the best of the twice-born
• द्विजसत्तमैः: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Divākara (Sūrya) as presiding recipient of the act; Revā-tīrtha as setting

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājñī (queen) / audience of dharma inquiry

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise on a riverbank, a devotee offers arghya to the rising Sun; rays spread like a mandala; nearby a brāhmaṇa recites and records the declared phala; the act is explicitly dedicated to Divākara.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred intention (uddēśa/saṅkalpa) directed to a deity like Sūrya sanctifies acts and anchors them in authoritative dharma teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse; it highlights divine dedication within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the act (implicitly dāna/vrata in the sequence) while dedicating it to Divākara (Sūrya), as affirmed by learned Brāhmaṇas.