Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

इति द्वादशनामानि जपन्कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणाम् । यत्फलं लभते पार्थ तदिहैकमनाः शृणु

Transliteration

iti dvādaśanāmāni japankṛtvā pradakṣiṇām | yatphalaṃ labhate pārtha tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu

Translation

ดังนี้ เมื่อสวดภาวนาพระนามทั้งสิบสองและเวียนประทักษิณา—โอ้ ปารถะ จงฟังด้วยจิตแน่วแน่ถึงผลที่พึงได้รับจากนี้

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक (quotative/end marker)

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्याशब्द/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्गे नामानि-विशेषणरूपेण, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (agreeing with नामानि)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• जपन्: reciting
• जपन्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे (while reciting)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheshana (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकाल (having done)

• प्रदक्षिणाम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative determiner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

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

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तद्-निर्देशक (correlative)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: 'here/in this matter')

• एकमनाः: single-minded
• एकमनाः: Visheshana (Qualifier of implied 'त्वम्'/you)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (एकं मनः यस्य = single-minded)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; the vocative 'Pārtha' is retained as in the received verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes the twelve-name japa and begins pradakṣiṇā around a solar emblem or shrine, while the teacher addresses ‘Pārtha’ and announces the forthcoming fruit; the atmosphere is focused and ritualistic.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady attention (ekāgratā) combined with japa and pradakṣiṇā transforms worship into a direct vehicle of merit and inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The practice is situated in the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-temple framework, where circumambulation and japa are performed as part of pilgrimage worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Chant the twelve names, perform pradakṣiṇā, and listen/reflect with one-pointed mind upon the promised results (phalaśruti).