Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तेनाधीतं श्रुतं तेन तेन सर्वमनुष्ठितम् । येनौंनमः शिवायेति मन्त्राभ्यासः स्थिरीकृतः

Transliteration

tenādhītaṃ śrutaṃ tena tena sarvamanuṣṭhitam | yenauṃnamaḥ śivāyeti mantrābhyāsaḥ sthirīkṛtaḥ

Translation

ผู้นั้นได้สำเร็จการศึกษาและการสดับรับฟังทั้งปวง และได้บำเพ็ญอนุษฐานทุกประการครบถ้วน—ผู้ซึ่งสถาปนาการภาวนามนต์ ‘โอม นมะห์ ศิวายะ’ ให้มั่นคงแน่วแน่

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अधीतम्: studied
• अधीतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (धातु) → अधीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

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

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

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• अनुष्ठितम्: performed/observed
• अनुष्ठितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-स्था (धातु) → अनुष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्ध/करणार्थे (by which/with which)

• ॐ: Om
• ॐ: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: प्रणवः; अव्यय (sacred syllable)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपातवत् प्रयोगः; अव्यय (salutation particle), दत्तिवाचक-प्रयोगः (with dative)

• शिवाय: to Śiva
• शिवाय: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (सम्प्रदान), एकवचनम्

• इति: thus
• इति: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• मन्त्राभ्यासः: practice/repetition of the mantra
• मन्त्राभ्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अभ्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मन्त्रस्य अभ्यासः)

• स्थिरीकृतः: made firm/established
• स्थिरीकृतः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु) → स्थिरीकृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker within Revā Khaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relaying the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated on a riverbank tīrtha, rosary in hand, steady japa of ‘Oṃ namaḥ śivāya’; a subtle Śiva-liṅga shrine nearby; dawn light over the Revā waters.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Oṃ namaḥ śivāya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion through the ṣaḍakṣara is portrayed as the distilled fulfillment of study, hearing, and religious practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is named; the teaching is framed within Revā Khaṇḍa’s devotional-pilgrimage ethos.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establishing consistent practice (abhyāsa) of the mantra ‘Oṃ namaḥ śivāya’.