Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

देवतीर्थे भृगुक्षेत्रे सर्वतीर्थाधिक नृप । देवतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा श्रीपतिं योऽनुपश्यति

Transliteration

devatīrthe bhṛgukṣetre sarvatīrthādhika nṛpa | devatīrthe naraḥ snātvā śrīpatiṃ yo'nupaśyati

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช เทวตีรถะในภฤคุเกษตระประเสริฐยิ่งกว่าตีรถะทั้งปวง ผู้ใดอาบน้ำชำระที่เทวตีรถะแล้วได้เฝ้าดูพระศรีปติ (วิษณุ)…

Word by Word

• देवतीर्थे: at Devatīrtha
• देवतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; देव + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• भृगुक्षेत्रे: in Bhṛgu’s region (Bhṛgukṣetra)
• भृगुक्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु-क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक; भृगु + क्षेत्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भृगोः क्षेत्रम्)

• सर्वतीर्थाधिक: O (king) superior to all tīrthas (i.e., best of all pilgrimage places)
• सर्वतीर्थाधिक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतीर्थ-अधिक (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वतीर्थ + अधिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण (नृपस्य)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• देवतीर्थे: at Devatīrtha
• देवतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having done earlier)

• श्रीपतिम्: Śrīpati (Viṣṇu)
• श्रीपतिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीपति (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + पति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (श्रियाः पतिः)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• अनुपश्यति: beholds; sees
• अनुपश्यति: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-√पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (addressing a king; tīrtha-praise within Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devatīrtha (Bhṛgu-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal pilgrim is guided to Devatīrtha; after bathing in the river, he approaches a shrine where Śrīpati (Viṣṇu) is enshrined, radiating auspiciousness; the landscape is marked as Bhṛgu’s sacred field.

Characters & Entities

• Devatīrtha
• Bhṛgu-kṣetra
• Śrīpati (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha worship culminates in darśana: bathing and then beholding the Lord at a supremely praised site is held to be transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devatīrtha in Bhṛgu-kṣetra is praised as ‘superior to all tīrthas’ within this passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Devatīrtha followed by darśana/worship of Śrīpati (Viṣṇu).