Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं रवितीर्थफलं नृप । ये शृण्वन्ति नरा भक्त्या रवितीर्थफलं शुभम्

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ ravitīrthaphalaṃ nṛpa | ye śṛṇvanti narā bhaktyā ravitīrthaphalaṃ śubham

Translation

Wahai raja, demikianlah telah aku nyatakan sepenuhnya kepadamu buah pahala Ravitīrtha. Mereka yang mendengar dengan bhakti akan kisah suci yang membawa keberkatan tentang pahala Ravitīrtha ini—

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object as topic/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative Singular)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive/Dative Singular); अत्र षष्ठी (to you/for you: 'of you' in sense of 'for you')

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative Singular); एतत्-विशेषण

• आख्यातम्: has been told/explained
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + ख्या (धातु) → आख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• रवितीर्थफलम्: the fruit of Ravi-tīrtha
• रवितीर्थफलम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि + तीर्थ + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रवितीर्थस्य फलम्)

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

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

• शृण्वन्ति: hear
• शृण्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative Plural); ये-इति सम्बन्धि

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)

• रवितीर्थफलम्: the fruit of Ravi-tīrtha
• रवितीर्थफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि + तीर्थ + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative Singular); रवितीर्थफलम्-विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Ravitīrtha Māhātmya context; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravitīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage concludes the narration to a king; listeners sit in devotion near the riverbank, hands folded, as the sun rises—signaling the completion of the Ravitīrtha account and the blessing of attentive hearing.

Characters & Entities

• Ravitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening to a tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that bestows auspicious merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ravitīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening with devotion to the narrated greatness and fruits of Ravitīrtha.