Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

सम्पन्नाः सर्वकामैस्ते पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते । श्राद्धं तत्रैव यः कुर्यान्नर्मदोदकमिश्रितम्

Transliteration

sampannāḥ sarvakāmaiste pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate | śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yaḥ kuryānnarmadodakamiśritam

Translation

ഹേ ഭൂമിപതേ! അവർ ഈ ഭൂമിയിൽ സർവ്വകാമങ്ങളാലും സമ്പന്നരാകുന്നു. കൂടാതെ ആരെങ്കിലും അവിടെയേ നർമദാജലമിശ്രിത അർഘ്യാദി ദ്രവ്യങ്ങളോടെ ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്‌താൽ—

Word by Word

• सम्पन्नाः: fulfilled, endowed
• सम्पन्नाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पन्न (कृदन्त; √पद् (धातु) + सम्- उपसर्ग, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे कृदन्त; विशेषण

• सर्वकामैः: with all desires (fulfilled)
• सर्वकामैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वे कामाः यस्य/येन)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पृथिव्याम्: on earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पृथिवीपते: O lord of the earth
• पृथिवीपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पृथिव्याः पतिः)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक यत्-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नर्मदोदकमिश्रितम्: mixed with Narmadā water
• नर्मदोदकमिश्रितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नर्मदा + उदक + मिश्रित (कृदन्त; √मिश्र् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (नर्मदायाः उदकेन मिश्रितम्) विशेषणम् (श्राद्धम्)

Speaker

Vyāsa (to Pārtha/Arjuna, addressed as pṛthivīpati)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Reva) tīra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (pṛthivīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king is addressed while a devotee performs śrāddha on the Narmadā bank; a copper vessel pours Narmadā water into offerings; kusa grass, sesame, and piṇḍas are arranged; the river glows as a sacred witness.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based dharma blesses both worldly life (prosperity) and obligations to ancestors through śrāddha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā/Revā tīrtha—using Narmadā water is explicitly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha to be performed at that sacred spot with offerings mixed with Narmadā water.