Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

कुरुष्व यदभिप्रेतं त्वत्कृतं नः तदन्यथा । एवमुक्त्वा गते देवे स्नात्वा गत्वा भृगुः श्रियम्

Transliteration

kuruṣva yadabhipretaṃ tvatkṛtaṃ naḥ tadanyathā | evamuktvā gate deve snātvā gatvā bhṛguḥ śriyam

Translation

“จงกระทำตามที่เจ้าปรารถนาเถิด สิ่งที่เจ้ากระทำแล้วจักไม่เป็นอย่างอื่น (จักไม่ล้มเหลว)” ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว เมื่อพระผู้เป็นเทพเสด็จไป ภฤคุได้อาบน้ำชำระกาย แล้วไปเฝ้าศรีเทวี

Word by Word

• कुरुष्व: do (you)
• कुरुष्व: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• अभिप्रेतम्: desired, intended
• अभिप्रेतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-प्र-इ (धातु) + क्त; अभिप्रेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; यत् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• त्वत्कृतम्: done by you / your doing
• त्वत्कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वत्- कृत (समास); त्वत् (युष्मद्) + कृत (कृ+क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्वया कृतम् / तव कृतम्)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; अन्वयार्थक (correlative)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: otherwise)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा; उक्त्वा (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): 'having said'

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त; गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• देवे: (with) the god (having gone)
• देवे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी सहपद

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा; स्नात्वा (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive): 'having bathed'

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा; गत्वा (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive): 'having gone'

• भृगुः: Bhrigu
• भृगुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रियम्: Shri (Lakshmi)
• श्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) for the quoted injunction; narrator for the action line

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-snānīya tīrtha + Śrī-darśana sthāna (paired observance)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhṛgu (recipient of assurance)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva grants assurance that Bhṛgu’s intended act will not fail; after Śiva departs, Bhṛgu bathes and proceeds to Śrī for worship.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Bhṛgu
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

With divine sanction, dharmic intentions become steadfast; purification (snāna) precedes sacred dialogue and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā region is implied as the setting where bathing and consecratory acts confer sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) is explicitly mentioned before proceeding to meet/worship Śrī.