Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

इदानीं तु गृहे तस्य करिष्ये द्विजसत्तम । दशभिर्वाजिमेधैश्च येनेष्टं पारणं तथा

Transliteration

idānīṃ tu gṛhe tasya kariṣye dvijasattama | daśabhirvājimedhaiśca yeneṣṭaṃ pāraṇaṃ tathā

Translation

“ఇప్పుడు, హే ద్విజసత్తమా! అతని ఇంట్లోనే నేను దానిని నిర్వహిస్తాను—దశ అశ్వమేధ యజ్ఞాలతో కూడిన ఆ అనుష్ఠానం—ద్వారా విధివిధానంగా పారణం సంపూర్ణమవుతుంది.”

Word by Word

• idānīm: now
• idānīm: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• gṛhe: in the house
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• tasya: of him/of that (person)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन, पुं/नपुंसक

• kariṣye: I shall do/perform
• kariṣye: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• dvijasattama: O best of the twice-born
• dvijasattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dvijānāṃ sattamaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन

• daśabhiḥ: with ten
• daśabhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying vājimedhaiḥ)

• vājimedhaiḥ: with horse-sacrifices (Aśvamedhas)
• vājimedhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāji (प्रातिपदिक) + medha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (vājināṃ medhāḥ / aśvamedhāḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन, पुं/नपुंसक

• iṣṭam: sacrificed/performed (as a rite)
• iṣṭam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yaj (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त; from √yaj ‘to sacrifice’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pāraṇam: breaking of fast / concluding meal
• pāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tathā: so/likewise
• tathā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Śiva (in brāhmaṇa form), inferred from immediate narrative context in the same adhyāya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva (as brāhmaṇa) declares he will perform pāraṇa in the brāhmaṇa’s house, and that this act carries the merit of ten Aśvamedhas; the scene highlights the sanctification of a humble home into a cosmic ritual space.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (as dvija)
• Brāhmaṇa (vipra/dvija)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True ritual “completion” is upheld as dharma when done in the right spirit and manner, not merely as a display of power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography), though this verse itself focuses on household ritual completion rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāraṇa (proper concluding rite) is referenced, framed as being supported by the merit of “ten Aśvamedhas” (a hyperbolic Purāṇic measure of great religious merit).