Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

वेदविद्या व्रतस्नातः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः । व्याधिशोकविनिर्मुक्तो जीवेच्च शरदां शतम्

Transliteration

vedavidyā vratasnātaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ | vyādhiśokavinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam

Translation

เมื่ออาบชำระด้วยวัตรตามเวทวิทยา เป็นผู้ชำนาญในศาสตราทั้งปวง และพ้นจากโรคภัยกับความโศก เขาย่อมมีชีวิตถึงร้อยสารท—อายุอันเป็นมงคลครบถ้วน

Word by Word

• veda-vidyā: Veda and learning
• veda-vidyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (vedaśca vidyā ca) समाहार/इतरेतर-भाव; वाक्ये विशेषणवत्

• vrata-snātaḥ: observant of vows/ritually purified
• vrata-snātaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + snāta (कृदन्त; √snā 'to bathe' + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (vrate snātaḥ = bathed/initiated in vows)

• sarva-śāstra-viśāradaḥ: skilled in all scriptures
• sarva-śāstra-viśāradaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + viśārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (sarveṣu śāstreṣu viśāradaḥ = expert in all treatises)

• vyādhi-śoka-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from illness and sorrow
• vyādhi-śoka-vinirmuktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक) + śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + vinirmukta (कृदन्त; vi+nir+√muc 'to release' + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (vyādhi-śokāt vinirmuktaḥ = freed from disease and grief)

• jīvet: may live/should live
• jīvet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jīv (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• śaradām: of years (autumns)
• śaradām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Kāla-parimāṇa (Measure of time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (Revā-khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalhoḍī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined pilgrim bathes at the ford at dawn, then studies scriptures near the river, radiant and healthy, surrounded by calm sages; the scene suggests a life free of grief and illness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna performed with dharmic observance and scriptural orientation is praised as producing wholeness—learning, serenity, and a complete lifespan.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kalhoḍī Tīrtha, within the Revā-khaṇḍa of the Āvantya-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vrata-snāna—bathing undertaken as part of a vowed observance grounded in Vedic discipline.