Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

उद्दिश्य जगतो नाथं देवदेवं दिवाकरम् । तस्य पुण्यफलं यद्वै कथितं द्विजसत्तमैः

Transliteration

uddiśya jagato nāthaṃ devadevaṃ divākaram | tasya puṇyaphalaṃ yadvai kathitaṃ dvijasattamaiḥ

Translation

Dengan mengkhususkan (amal itu) kepada Tuhan alam—Dewa segala dewa, Surya Divākara—maka buah pahala kebajikannya sesungguhnya telah dihuraikan oleh Brāhmaṇa yang paling utama.

Word by Word

• उद्दिश्य: having dedicated/aiming at
• उद्दिश्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्-दिश् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/absolutive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाथम्: lord
• नाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवदेवम्: God of gods
• देवदेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दिवाकरम्: the Sun
• दिवाकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of that (rite)/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (Masculine/Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुण्यफलम्: meritorious fruit
• पुण्यफलम्: Karma/Pratipādya (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Anuyogī (Relative pronoun/यत्-तत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय (predicative)

• द्विजसत्तमैः: by the best of the twice-born
• द्विजसत्तमैः: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Divākara (Sūrya) as presiding recipient of the act; Revā-tīrtha as setting

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājñī (queen) / audience of dharma inquiry

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise on a riverbank, a devotee offers arghya to the rising Sun; rays spread like a mandala; nearby a brāhmaṇa recites and records the declared phala; the act is explicitly dedicated to Divākara.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred intention (uddēśa/saṅkalpa) directed to a deity like Sūrya sanctifies acts and anchors them in authoritative dharma teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse; it highlights divine dedication within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the act (implicitly dāna/vrata in the sequence) while dedicating it to Divākara (Sūrya), as affirmed by learned Brāhmaṇas.