Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ससमुद्रगुहा तेन सशैलवनकानना । दत्ता चैव महाबाहो पृथिवी नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

sasamudraguhā tena saśailavanakānanā | dattā caiva mahābāho pṛthivī nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

โอ้ผู้มีพาหาอันยิ่งใหญ่! ด้วยเขานั้น แผ่นดินนี้พร้อมทั้งมหาสมุทรและคูหา พร้อมทั้งภูผา ป่าไม้ และพนาลี ได้ถูกถวายแล้วจริง ๆ ไร้ข้อสงสัย

Word by Word

• ससमुद्रगुहा: together with oceans and caves
• ससमुद्रगुहा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सह/सम्-भावे उपसर्गसदृश) + समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गुहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहिसदृश प्रयोगः—‘समुद्रगुहाभिः सह/युक्ता’ इति विशेषण (पृथिव्याः)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधन/कर्तृनिर्देश (by him)

• सशैलवनकानना: with mountains, forests, and groves
• सशैलवनकानना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सह) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक) + कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समाहार-विशेषण—‘शैलवनकाननैः सह/युक्ता’ (पृथिव्याः)

• दत्ता: has been given
• दत्ता: Kriyā (Passive predicate/कर्मणि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘दत्ता (अस्ति)’

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

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण particle)

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘महान् बाहुः यस्य’ इति संबोधन

• पृथिवी: the earth
• पृथिवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध particle)

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

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

Speaker

Sūta (deduced); listener addressed as 'mahābāho' (likely a king/hero in the frame narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahābāho / nṛpa (king addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The kapilā cow stands foreground while the world’s features—ocean waves, mountain silhouettes, forest canopies, and cave mouths—appear as symbolic vignettes around, implying ‘earth-gift’.

Characters & Entities

• Pṛthivī (Earth)
• Samudra (oceans)
• Śaila (mountains)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single dhārmic act, when properly performed, is praised as equal to vast gifts—showing the Purāṇic valuation of intention and sacred context.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Kapilātīrtha/Kapilā-dāna context on the Narmadā in Revākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite; it states the magnitude of the merit (phala) of the previously described kapilā-dāna.