Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तेन तप्तं हुतं तेन तेन सर्वमनुष्ठितम् । तेन सम्यग्विधानेन सम्प्राप्तं परमं पदम्

Transliteration

tena taptaṃ hutaṃ tena tena sarvamanuṣṭhitam | tena samyagvidhānena samprāptaṃ paramaṃ padam

Translation

ด้วย (การบูชาที่ถูกต้อง) นั้น ประหนึ่งได้บำเพ็ญตบะแล้ว ด้วยนั้นประหนึ่งได้ประกอบโหมะแล้ว ด้วยนั้นประหนึ่งได้สำเร็จสรรพพิธีปฏิบัติทั้งปวง และด้วยวิธีอันชอบนั้นย่อมบรรลุสภาวะสูงสุด

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तप्तम्: austerity done / heated
• तप्तम्: Karma (Result; 'austerity performed')
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हुतम्: offered (as oblation)
• हुतम्: Karma (Result; 'oblation offered')
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेष्यरूपेण (as 'everything')

• अनुष्ठितम्: performed, carried out
• अनुष्ठितम्: Karma (Result; 'performed')
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तेन: by that/thereby
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सम्यक्: properly, correctly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: properly)

• विधानेन: by the prescribed method
• विधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• सम्प्राप्तम्: attained
• सम्प्राप्तम्: Kriyā (Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of पदम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (पदस्य)

• पदम्: state, abode, position
• पदम्: Karma (Object; attained state)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sahasrakiraṇa-tīrtha on Revā (implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes Sūrya-pūjā with perfect ritual order; behind him appear symbolic visions of tapas (ascetic fire), homa (altar flames), and various vratas dissolving into a single radiant path leading upward to a ‘supreme abode’.

Characters & Entities

• Parama Pada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Correctly performed worship can embody the fruits of many rites—tapas, homa, and other observances—leading toward the highest goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching continues within the Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha setting described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Emphasis on samyag-vidhi—performing worship and practice with proper procedure rather than merely outward action.