Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तथा देवस्य राजेन्द्र ये कुर्वन्ति प्रदक्षिणम् । अनन्यभक्त्या सततं त्रिरक्षरसमन्विताः

Transliteration

tathā devasya rājendra ye kurvanti pradakṣiṇam | ananyabhaktyā satataṃ trirakṣarasamanvitāḥ

Translation

Demikian juga, wahai raja yang utama, sesiapa yang sentiasa melakukan pradaksina mengelilingi Dewa dengan bhakti yang tunggal, disertai mantra tiga suku kata, maka teguhlah ia dalam amalan yang menyucikan.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; in that manner
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: 'thus/in that manner')

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• कुर्वन्ति: do; perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• अनन्यभक्त्या: with exclusive devotion
• अनन्यभक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्यभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (अनन्या च सा भक्तिः)

• सततम्: always
• सततम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/नित्यत्वार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: always/continually)

• त्रिरक्षरसमन्विताः: endowed with the three-syllabled (mantra)
• त्रिरक्षरसमन्विताः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (सम्+अन्वि/अन्वि?; समन्वित—कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle sense: 'endowed with'); समासः—तत्पुरुष (त्रि-अक्षर-समन्वित)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā region) within Avantīkhaṇḍa context

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs clockwise pradakṣiṇā around a sanctum, hands in añjali, lips moving in mantra-japa; the deity’s presence radiates sanctity while attendants and lamps frame the ritual path.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Pradakṣiṇā
• Tri-rakṣara Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (ananya-bhakti) joined to disciplined practice (pradakṣiṇā with mantra) is praised as a powerful purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-temple context where deity circumambulation is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing pradakṣiṇā of the deity while being ‘tri-rakṣara-samanvita’—accompanied by a three-syllabled mantra.