Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

गोवृषं च महीं धान्यं तत्र दत्त्वाक्षयं फलम् । शुभस्याप्यशुभस्यापि तत्र तीर्थे न संशयः

Transliteration

govṛṣaṃ ca mahīṃ dhānyaṃ tatra dattvākṣayaṃ phalam | śubhasyāpyaśubhasyāpi tatra tīrthe na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ఆ తీర్థంలో గోవు, వృషభం, భూమి లేదా ధాన్యాన్ని దానం చేస్తే అక్షయ ఫలం లభిస్తుంది. శుభకర్ములకైనా, అశుభకర్ములకైనా ఆ తీర్థం ఫలప్రదమే—సందేహం లేదు।

Word by Word

• go-vṛṣam: a bull (of a cowherd/for cows)
• go-vṛṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• mahīm: land/earth
• mahīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dhānyam: grain
• dhānyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु; दा दाने)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• akṣayam: imperishable
• akṣayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘phalam’)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śubhasya: of the auspicious (act/result)
• śubhasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• aśubhasya: of the inauspicious (act/result)
• aśubhasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (particle: also/even)

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

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• na: not/no
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

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

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the confluence bank, a donor leads a cow and bull, measures out grain, and symbolically offers land (bhūmi-dāna) to a priest; the tīrtha radiates a purifying aura around all present.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Loṭaṇeśvara (implied tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed at a sanctified tīrtha becomes inexhaustible merit, and sacred geography can uplift even those burdened by past faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha in the Loṭaṇeśvara context of Revā Khaṇḍa, Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna—donating a cow, bull, land, and grain at the tīrtha for akṣaya (imperishable) spiritual fruit.