Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

तडागं वा सरिद्वापि तीर्थं वा देवतार्चनम् । यं गतोऽसि प्रभावोऽयं तस्य नान्यस्य मे स्थितम्

Transliteration

taḍāgaṃ vā saridvāpi tīrthaṃ vā devatārcanam | yaṃ gato'si prabhāvo'yaṃ tasya nānyasya me sthitam

Translation

Foi a um tanque, ou a um rio, ou a algum vau sagrado, ou ao culto de uma divindade que tu foste? Esta mudança que vejo só pode ser o poder disso—de nada mais, estou certo.

Word by Word

• taḍāgam: pond
• taḍāgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taḍāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: 'or')

• saritam: river
• saritam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• tīrtham: holy ford/pilgrimage place
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात

• devatārcanam: worship of a deity
• devatārcanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक) + arcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवतायाः अर्चनम्)

• yam: which/whom
• yam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• gataḥ: gone
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्, धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (gone)

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्, धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• prabhāvaḥ: power/effect
• prabhāvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ayam: this
• ayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative pronoun)

• tasya: of that (place)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• anyasya: of another
• anyasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (enclitic); अत्र षष्ठी (my)

• sthitam: is established/stands
• sthitam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था, धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (is established/stands)

Speaker

Wife

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household scene: a woman notices a sudden auspicious change in a man and questions whether he visited a pond, river, tirtha, or performed deity-worship; the air is charged with sacred suspicion and wonder.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Devatā (worship)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification and transformation are attributed to tīrtha-sevā and devatā-arcana, not to chance.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The verse asks generally about pond/river/tīrtha; the chapter context identifies the relevant site as the Eraṇḍī-saṅgama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practices are tīrtha-visit, sacred bathing, and devatā worship (arcana).