Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

शङ्करेण समं तस्माद्भोगं भुङ्क्ते ह्यनुत्तमम् । सौभाग्यं तस्य विपुलं जायते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

śaṅkareṇa samaṃ tasmādbhogaṃ bhuṅkte hyanuttamam | saubhāgyaṃ tasya vipulaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

तस्मात् स शङ्करेण समं ह्यनुत्तमं भोगं भुङ्क्ते। तस्य विपुलं सौभाग्यं जायते, नात्र संशयः।

Word by Word

• शङ्करेण: with Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करेण: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• समम्: equally/along with
• समम्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत् (adverbial use: ‘equally/along with’)

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययवत् (ablatival: ‘therefore/from that’)

• भोगम्: enjoyment
• भोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• भुङ्क्ते: enjoys
• भुङ्क्ते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; भोगम् इति विशेषणम्

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that person
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• विपुलम्: abundant
• विपुलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सौभाग्यम् इति विशेषणम्

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at the river ford receives Śiva’s grace: Śiva appears subtly above the tīrtha, bestowing a radiant aura of fortune; the devotee’s household symbols (grain, children, prosperity) appear as sanctified boons.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Bhoga
• Saubhāgya
• Revā (Narmadā) Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based devotion and dharmic giving culminate in exceptional well-being and divine-grade blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha praised throughout Revā Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 106.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied culmination of the prior prescriptions (tapas, pūjā, dāna) whose fruit is described as unsurpassed bhoga and great saubhāgya.