Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तत्फलं समवाप्नोति यथा मे शङ्करोऽब्रवीत् । रौरवादिषु सर्वेषु नरकेषु व्यवस्थिताः

Transliteration

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti yathā me śaṅkaro'bravīt | rauravādiṣu sarveṣu narakeṣu vyavasthitāḥ

Translation

เขาย่อมได้ผลนั้นเอง ดังที่พระศังกรได้ตรัสแก่ข้า และบรรดาผู้ที่ถูกสถิตไว้ในนรกทั้งปวง อันมีเราอุรวะเป็นต้น—

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; फलम् इति विशेष्यपूर्वपद (correlative)

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

• समवाप्नोति: attains fully
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (conjunction/adverb: 'as')

• मे: to me/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; मम (enclitic)

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• रौरवादिषु: in (hells) such as Raurava
• रौरवादिषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौरव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; रौरव-आदि (समाहार/सूचक) ‘in (hells) beginning with Raurava’

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; नरकेषु इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नरकेषु: in hells
• नरकेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• व्यवस्थिताः: situated/placed
• व्यवस्थिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) प्रयुक्तः विशेषणवत्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

Speaker

Tīrtha-māhātmya narrator (contextual; reporting Śiva’s statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda recounts Śaṅkara’s assurance; in the background, a contrast tableau: luminous riverbank rite above, shadowy Raurava-like hellscape below, suggesting the rite’s reach.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Raurava (hell)
• Naraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s authority underwrites the promise of merit and hints at compassion extending even to those in severe post-mortem states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement continues within the Revā Khaṇḍa Gayāśiras tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual step is given here; it confirms the promised fruit and transitions to the theme of beings in narakas.