Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

भविष्यत्यचिरादेव संशयं मा कृथा इह । तपोभिः क्रतुभिर्दानैराशीर्वादैश्च पांडव

Transliteration

bhaviṣyatyacirādeva saṃśayaṃ mā kṛthā iha | tapobhiḥ kratubhirdānairāśīrvādaiśca pāṃḍava

Translation

हे पांडवा, हे लवकरच निःसंशय घडेल—इथे शंका धरू नकोस. तप, यज्ञ, दान आणि आशीर्वाद यांच्या बळावर…

Word by Word

• bhaviṣyati: will be, will happen
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• acirāt: soon, before long
• acirāt: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: acira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (ablative used adverbially)

• eva: indeed, certainly
• eva: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• saṃśayam: doubt
• saṃśayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

• mā: do not
• mā: Nishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (prohibitive particle)

• kṛthāḥ: make, entertain (doubt)
• kṛthāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; निषेधार्थे ‘मा’ सह

• iha: here
• iha: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• tapobhiḥ: by austerities
• tapobhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण/साधन

• kratubhiḥ: by sacrifices/rites
• kratubhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kratu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण/साधन

• dānaiḥ: by gifts, charity
• dānaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण/साधन

• āśīrvādaiḥ: by blessings
• āśīrvādaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśīrvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण/साधन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• pāṇḍava: O Pāṇḍava
• pāṇḍava: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति,् (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmī-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-figure addressing a Pāṇḍava pilgrim, gesturing reassurance; behind them, symbolic vignettes of tapas (fire/meditation), kratu (altar), dāna (giving), and āśīrvāda (elder’s hand raised).

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Pāṇḍava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith and steadiness are essential; dharmic disciplines mature into tangible results without doubt.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues Kṛṣṇa’s assurance connected to Lakṣmī-tīrtha’s promised fruit, though the site is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity), kratu/yajña (sacrifice), dāna (charity), and receiving/giving āśīrvāda (blessings) are invoked as dharmic supports.