Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

गीयते त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वपापक्षयंकरम् । तत्र गत्वा च यो मर्त्यो विधिना संयतेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

gīyate triṣu lokeṣu sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram | tatra gatvā ca yo martyo vidhinā saṃyatendriyaḥ

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥം ത്രിലോകങ്ങളിലും സർവ്വപാപക്ഷയകരമെന്നു പാടപ്പെടുന്നു. ആരെങ്കിലും അവിടെ ചെന്നു വിധിപൂർവ്വം ഇന്ദ്രിയസംയമം പാലിച്ചാൽ—

Word by Word

• गीयते: is sung/praised
• गीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine) (लोक-शब्दानुसार), सप्तमी (locative), बहुवचन (plural); संख्याविशेषणम्

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (locative), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्व-पाप-क्षयम्-करम्: causing the destruction of all sins
• सर्व-पाप-क्षयम्-करम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nominative/accusative), एकवचन (singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास; विशेषणम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• मर्त्यः: a mortal man
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• विधिना: according to rule/rite
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• संयत-इन्द्रियः: one whose senses are restrained
• संयत-इन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्-यम् धातु) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषसमास; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Unspecified Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devatīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (narādhipa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims approaching a revered river-ford; a disciplined devotee with controlled senses stands with folded hands, while celestial beings symbolically ‘sing’ the tīrtha’s fame across the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Devatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with self-restraint and proper observance; then it becomes a means for pāpa-kṣaya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devatīrtha, an eminent tīrtha associated with the Revā/Narmadā tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Going to the tīrtha with sense-control (saṃyata-indriya) and following vidhī (proper procedure).