Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पञ्चक्रोशप्रमाणं तु तच्च तीर्थं महीपते । भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं दिव्यं प्राणिनां पापकर्मिणाम्

Transliteration

pañcakrośapramāṇaṃ tu tacca tīrthaṃ mahīpate | bhuktimuktipradaṃ divyaṃ prāṇināṃ pāpakarmiṇām

Translation

အရှင်မင်းကြီး၊ ထိုတီရ္ထသည် ကရိုးရှ် ငါးခန့် အတိုင်းအတာဖြင့် ကျယ်ပြန့်၏။ ပင်ပန်းသော ပாபကမ္မကို ထမ်းဆောင်နေသော သတ္တဝါတို့ကိုပင် ဘုက္တိ (လောကီအာနন্দ) နှင့် မုက္တိ (လွတ်မြောက်ခြင်း) နှစ်ပါးကို ပေးသော ဒိဗ္ဗတီရ္ထ ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• पञ्चक्रोशप्रमाणम्: of five-krośa measure
• पञ्चक्रोशप्रमाणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च + क्रोश + प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjectival)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थ (emphasis)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तीर्थम्: the sacred place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदम्: granting enjoyment and liberation
• भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुक्ति + मुक्ति + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjectival)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjectival)

• प्राणिनाम्: of living beings
• प्राणिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पापकर्मिणाम्: of sinful-doers
• पापकर्मिणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + कर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (tīrtha-māhātmya voice within Revā Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (mahīpate)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage describes a divine five-krośa sacred zone granting both enjoyment and liberation; the king is shown contemplating the vastness of the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Revā
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A truly potent tīrtha can uplift even the sinful, granting both prosperity in life and liberation beyond it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A five-krośa region of a Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha later identified in this passage as the famed Śūlabheda.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; the verse primarily declares the tīrtha’s salvific power.