Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या सोपवासोऽर्चयेच्छिवम् । अनिवर्तिका गतिस्तस्य रुद्रलोकादसंशयम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā sopavāso'rcayecchivam | anivartikā gatistasya rudralokādasaṃśayam

Translation

Dan sesiapa di tīrtha itu memuja Śiva dengan bhakti sambil berpuasa—perjalanannya menjadi tidak berpatah balik; tanpa syak dia mencapai Rudraloka.

Word by Word

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

• तीर्थे: in the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative (in the tīrtha)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

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

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; instrumental (with devotion)

• सोपवासः: observing a fast
• सोपवासः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-उपवास (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्ग/समासवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘उपवासेन सह’ (with fasting); qualifies यः

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘should worship’

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object of अर्चयेत्

• अनिवर्तिका: non-returning
• अनिवर्तिका: Karta (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिवर्तिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; adjective agreeing with गतिः; ‘non-returning/irreversible’

• गतिः: destination/going
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; subject of implied ‘भवति/अस्ति’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; genitive (of him)

• रुद्रलोकात्: from Rudra’s world (Rudraloka)
• रुद्रलोकात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; ‘रुद्रस्य लोकः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; ablative (from/leading to Rudra’s world—contextually ‘to Rudraloka’ as goal stated via source/limit)

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशयम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रायः)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: without doubt)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-tīrtha (implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river-tīrtha, a fasting devotee with austere glow offers lamps and bilva to Śiva; above, a luminous path rises toward Rudra’s realm, suggesting ‘anivartikā gati’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Rudra
• Rudra-loka
• Śiva-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined with vrata (fasting) at a sacred Śaiva site is taught to yield the highest, steadfast spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Śiva-tīrtha discussed in Adhyāya 145 of the Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) and arcanā/pūjā of Śiva at the tīrtha.