Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणीकृता तेन पृथिवी नात्र संशयः । तत्र तीर्थे तु सप्तम्यामुपवासेन यत्फलम्

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena pṛthivī nātra saṃśayaḥ | tatra tīrthe tu saptamyāmupavāsena yatphalam

Translation

त्या कर्माने जणू संपूर्ण पृथ्वीची प्रदक्षिणा झाल्यासारखी होते—यात संशय नाही. आणि आता त्या तीर्थी सप्तमीला उपवास केल्याचे जे फळ आहे (ते सांगितले जाते)।

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणीकृता: (has been) circumambulated
• प्रदक्षिणीकृता: Karma (Object/कर्म) — कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्म-प्रधान
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रदक्षिणी-कृ (धातु √कृ)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; PPP: 'having been circumambulated'

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; Instrumental: 'by him/thereby'

• पृथिवी: the earth
• पृथिवी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (particle of negation)

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

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

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

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (tithi)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक-शब्दः (on the seventh lunar day)

• उपवासेन: by fasting
• उपवासेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• यत्: which/whatever
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-विशेषण (relative pronoun)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma/Predicate nominal (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic speaker, contextually within Revā Khaṇḍa discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Pradakṣiṇā
• Tīrtha
• Saptamī
• Upavāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single focused act of reverence can equal vast religious effort; discipline (fasting) further intensifies merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed ‘tatra tīrtha’ refers to the Dvādaśāditya-associated sacred place within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā of the deity and upavāsa (fasting) on Saptamī at that tīrtha.