Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्र गत्वा तु यो भक्त्या स्नात्वा वित्तं प्रयच्छति । तस्य वित्तपरिच्छेदो न कदाचिद्भविष्यति

Transliteration

tatra gatvā tu yo bhaktyā snātvā vittaṃ prayacchati | tasya vittaparicchedo na kadācidbhaviṣyati

Translation

Но кто придёт туда с преданностью, омоется и подаст милостыню из своего имущества, у того богатство никогда и ни в какое время не уменьшится.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having gone’

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (adversative/contrastive particle)

• यः: who (he)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, Nominative singular

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having bathed’

• वित्तम्: wealth, money
• वित्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• प्रयच्छति: gives, bestows
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative, 3rd person singular

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• वित्तपरिच्छेदः: cutting off/cessation of wealth; loss of wealth
• वित्तपरिच्छेदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त + परिच्छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• कदाचित्: ever, at any time
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• भविष्यति: will be, will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Simple future, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arrives at the tīrtha with folded hands, bathes in sacred waters, then offers charity to brāhmaṇas/poor; a visual motif of an unemptying pot/treasury symbolizes non-diminishing wealth.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaṇḍārītīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through tīrtha-snān (sacred bathing) and dāna (charity) is presented as a righteous path to enduring prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhaṇḍārī-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa, a Narmadā pilgrimage site associated with removal of poverty and protection of wealth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go to the tīrtha, perform snāna (ritual bathing), and offer vitta as dāna (charity) with bhakti (devotion).