Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

उत्तीर्य सलिलात्तीरे दृष्ट्वा वृक्षं समीपगम् । उत्तरीयमधः कृत्वोपविष्टो धरणीतले

Transliteration

uttīrya salilāttīre dṛṣṭvā vṛkṣaṃ samīpagam | uttarīyamadhaḥ kṛtvopaviṣṭo dharaṇītale

Translation

ଜଳରୁ ଉତ୍ତୀର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହୋଇ ତଟରେ ଆସି, ସମୀପସ୍ଥ ବୃକ୍ଷକୁ ଦେଖି ସେ ନିଜ ଉତ୍ତରୀୟକୁ ତଳେ ପତିଆଇ ଧରଣୀତଳେ ବସିଲେ।

Word by Word

• उत्तीर्य: having crossed/come out
• उत्तीर्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-तॄ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• सलिलात्: from the water
• सलिलात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• तीरे: on the bank
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• वृक्षम्: a tree
• वृक्षम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• समीपगम्: nearby
• समीपगम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समीप-ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘वृक्षम्’; समासः—समीपं गच्छति/स्थितः (समीप + ग)

• उत्तरीयम्: upper garment
• उत्तरीयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• अधः: down, beneath
• अधः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशार्थक अव्यय (adverb: down/below)

• कृत्वा: having made/placed
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• उपविष्टः: sat down
• उपविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे स्थितिवाचकः

• धरणीतले: on the ground
• धरणीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी-तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—धरण्याः तलम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic emerges from the river, steps onto the sandy/rocky bank, notices a nearby tree, spreads his upper cloth on the ground, and sits quietly beneath the shade.

Characters & Entities

• Citrasena
• sarovara (implied)
• vṛkṣa (tree)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After ritual purification, calm restraint and simple conduct sustain the sanctity of the tīrtha experience.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The divine lake’s bank in the Revā Khaṇḍa setting, portrayed as a serene place for post-ritual repose.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied post-snana decorum: exiting the water, settling quietly on the bank; no explicit injunction beyond the described conduct.