Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

वेदविद्या व्रतस्नातः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः । व्याधिशोकविनिर्मुक्तो जीवेच्च शरदां शतम्

Transliteration

vedavidyā vratasnātaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ | vyādhiśokavinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam

Translation

Dengan mandi suci disertai nazar dan amalan menurut ilmu Veda, menjadi mahir dalam segala śāstra, serta bebas daripada penyakit dan dukacita, seseorang hidup seratus musim luruh—usia penuh berkat.

Word by Word

• veda-vidyā: Veda and learning
• veda-vidyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (vedaśca vidyā ca) समाहार/इतरेतर-भाव; वाक्ये विशेषणवत्

• vrata-snātaḥ: observant of vows/ritually purified
• vrata-snātaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + snāta (कृदन्त; √snā 'to bathe' + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (vrate snātaḥ = bathed/initiated in vows)

• sarva-śāstra-viśāradaḥ: skilled in all scriptures
• sarva-śāstra-viśāradaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + viśārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (sarveṣu śāstreṣu viśāradaḥ = expert in all treatises)

• vyādhi-śoka-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from illness and sorrow
• vyādhi-śoka-vinirmuktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक) + śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + vinirmukta (कृदन्त; vi+nir+√muc 'to release' + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (vyādhi-śokāt vinirmuktaḥ = freed from disease and grief)

• jīvet: may live/should live
• jīvet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jīv (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• śaradām: of years (autumns)
• śaradām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Kāla-parimāṇa (Measure of time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (Revā-khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalhoḍī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined pilgrim bathes at the ford at dawn, then studies scriptures near the river, radiant and healthy, surrounded by calm sages; the scene suggests a life free of grief and illness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna performed with dharmic observance and scriptural orientation is praised as producing wholeness—learning, serenity, and a complete lifespan.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kalhoḍī Tīrtha, within the Revā-khaṇḍa of the Āvantya-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vrata-snāna—bathing undertaken as part of a vowed observance grounded in Vedic discipline.