Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि ह्यासमुद्राणि पाण्डव । तानि सर्वाणि तत्रैव द्वादश्यां पाण्डुनन्दन

Transliteration

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni hyāsamudrāṇi pāṇḍava | tāni sarvāṇi tatraiva dvādaśyāṃ pāṇḍunandana

Translation

पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि सासमुद्राणि पाण्डव; तानि सर्वाणि तत्रैव द्वादश्यां पाण्डुनन्दन।

Word by Word

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यानि: which
• यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (relative pronoun)

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतुबोधक-अव्यय (particle: ‘indeed/for’)

• आसमुद्राणि: up to the ocean (i.e., including all seas)
• आसमुद्राणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक; आ + समुद्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण; अव्ययीभावः (‘up to the ocean’)

• पाण्डव: O Pāṇḍava
• पाण्डव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

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

• एव: just/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• द्वादश्याम्: on Dvādaśī
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पाण्डुनन्दन: O son of Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुनन्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुनन्दन (प्रातिपदिक; पाण्डु + नन्दन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: narrator addressing a Pāṇḍava listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Someśvara area)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava / Pāṇḍunandana explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary panorama: at one river ghat, faintly superimposed are icons of many famous tīrthas—Gaṅgā ghats, ocean shores, mountain springs—converging like translucent layers around the bathing devotee on Dvādaśī.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍava
• Pāṇḍu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time can gather the power of many sacred places, making one observance equivalent to vast pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha being extolled in Adhyāya 142, where Dvādaśī is described as a day of tīrtha-convergence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance on Dvādaśī at the tīrtha (implied: snāna, worship, and charity) to gain aggregated tīrtha merit.