Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

वेदाभ्यसनशीलं हि सर्वशास्त्रविशारदम् । तीर्थे चात्र भवेद्देवि सन्निधानवरेण तु

Transliteration

vedābhyasanaśīlaṃ hi sarvaśāstraviśāradam | tīrthe cātra bhaveddevi sannidhānavareṇa tu

Translation

(അത്തരം പുത്രനെ) ദയചെയ്യുക—വേദാഭ്യാസത്തിൽ നിരതനും സർവശാസ്ത്രവിശാരദനും ആയിരിക്കട്ടെ. കൂടാതെ ഹേ ദേവി, നിന്റെ സന്നിധാനവരത്താൽ ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ നിന്റെ നിത്യസാന്നിധ്യവും നിലനില്ക്കട്ടെ।

Word by Word

• वेद-अभ्यसन-शीलम्: having the habit of studying the Vedas
• वेद-अभ्यसन-शीलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + अभ्यसन (प्रातिपदिक) + शील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वेदानाम् अभ्यसनं शीलं यस्य)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• सर्व-शास्त्र-विशारदम्: skilled in all scriptures
• सर्व-शास्त्र-विशारदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + विशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषु शास्त्रेषु विशारदः)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• भवेत्: may there be / should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सन्निधान-वरेण: by the boon of (your) presence
• सन्निधान-वरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधान (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सन्निधानरूपः वरः)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेष-निपात (but/indeed)

Speaker

Parāśara

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī-sannidhāna-tīrtha on Revā (requested)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Parāśara requests a Veda-studious, śāstra-adept son; simultaneously he petitions Devī to remain manifest at the tīrtha—visualize manuscripts, students, and a nascent shrine by the river.

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Veda
• Śāstra
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True blessing includes both inner cultivation (Veda-śāstra learning) and outer sanctification (divine presence making a place a living tīrtha).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha on the Revā/Narmadā is being established as sacred through Devī’s promised sannidhāna (abiding presence).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is given; the verse frames the theological basis for tīrtha-power—divine presence as the source of sanctity.