Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

पश्चिमे सागरे गत्वा सोमतीर्थे तु यत्फलम् । तत्समग्रमवाप्नोति चन्द्रहासे न संशयः

Transliteration

paścime sāgare gatvā somatīrthe tu yatphalam | tatsamagramavāpnoti candrahāse na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

บุญผลใดได้จากการไปยังมหาสมุทรทิศตะวันตกและอาบน้ำ ณ โสมตีรถะ—ผลนั้นทั้งหมดได้ที่จันทรหาสะ โดยไม่ต้องสงสัย

Word by Word

• पश्चिमे: in the western
• पश्चिमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (सागरस्य)

• सागरे: ocean
• सागरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• सोमतीर्थे: at Soma-tīrtha
• सोमतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य तीर्थम्)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Discourse particle (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle)

• यत्: whatever/which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धक

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचनम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• समग्रम्: entire/complete
• समग्रम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present) परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्

• चन्द्रहासे: at Candrahāsa
• चन्द्रहासे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रहास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्

• न: no
• न: Negation/Emphasis (निषेध/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपातः; अत्र ‘न संशयः’ इति वाक्यांशे बलवत्तर-निश्चयार्थः

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचनम्

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrahāsa (equated in fruit to Somatīrtha of the western ocean)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-scene: left shows the roaring western ocean at Somatīrtha with pilgrims bathing; right shows serene river Candrahāsa; a textual banner-like motif indicates ‘same fruit’.

Characters & Entities

• Candrahāsa-tīrtha
• Somatīrtha
• Paścima-sāgara (western ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely praised tīrtha can confer the full merit of distant pilgrimages, emphasizing faith and sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candrahāsa tīrtha (associated with the Revā/Narmadā region) is glorified as equal to Somatīrtha at the western ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage and tīrtha-sevana (visiting/bathing) as the means to obtain puṇya (merit).