Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

गते वर्षसहस्रान्ते रामं दृष्ट्वा यशस्विनम् । तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन धौतपापा भविष्यसि

Transliteration

gate varṣasahasrānte rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā yaśasvinam | tīrthayātrāprasaṅgena dhautapāpā bhaviṣyasi

Translation

ครั้นกาลล่วงไปครบพันปี เมื่อได้เห็นพระรามผู้มีเกียรติยศ ด้วยเหตุแห่งการจาริกสู่ทีรถะ บาปทั้งปวงของเจ้าจักถูกชำระให้หมดสิ้น

Word by Word

• गते: when (it has) passed
• गते: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal locus; locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) सप्तमी-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-आश्रय; लोकेटिव-अब्सोल्यूट (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)

• वर्षसहस्रान्ते: at the end of a thousand years
• वर्षसहस्रान्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष-सहस्र-अन्त (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष + सहस्र + अन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वर्षाणां सहस्रस्य अन्तः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रामम्: Rāma
• रामम्: Karma (Object of seeing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल

• यशस्विनम्: glorious
• यशस्विनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (रामम्)

• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन: by occasion of pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन: Hetu/Karaṇa (Cause/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-यात्रा-प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; तीर्थ + यात्रा + प्रसङ्ग)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तीर्थयात्रायाः प्रसङ्गः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धौतपापा: with sins washed away
• धौतपापा: Kriya-predicative (Complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धौत-पापा (प्रातिपदिक; धाव्/धौ (धातु) + पाप)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (धौतानि पापानि यस्याः सा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas (general, by context)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ahalyā, still bound to stone, receives a prophetic assurance: after a thousand years she will behold Rāma during a pilgrimage context and become purified; the scene can show a visionary glimpse of youthful Rāma with bow, radiant and compassionate.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Tīrtha-yātrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) and the vision of the righteous purify accumulated sin and reorient life toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the Revā/Narmadā tīrtha milieu of Revā Khaṇḍa; the immediate adhyāya context is the Ahalyā-tīrtha tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) is indicated as the purificatory means; detailed rites appear in subsequent verses.