Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

स्नानं दानं जपो होमः स्वाध्यायो देवतार्चनम् । तत्र तीर्थप्रभावेन कृतमानन्त्यमश्नुते

Transliteration

snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam | tatra tīrthaprabhāvena kṛtamānantyamaśnute

Translation

การอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ การให้ทาน การสวดมนต์ภาวนา การบูชาไฟ (โหมะ) การศึกษาพระเวท และการสักการะเทวะ—สิ่งใดก็ตามที่กระทำ ณ ที่นั้น ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งตีรถะ ย่อมบังเกิดบุญกุศลอันไม่สิ้นสุด

Word by Word

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक; √स्ना (धातु) भावे ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दानम्: giving, charity
• दानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक; √दा (धातु) भावे ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जपः: muttering (mantra-recitation)
• जपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• होमः: fire-offering
• होमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्वाध्यायः: self-study (Vedic recitation)
• स्वाध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देवतार्चनम्: worship of the deity
• देवतार्चनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक; √अर्च् (धातु) भावे ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• तीर्थप्रभावेन: by the power of the tīrtha
• तीर्थप्रभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कृतम्: what is done (the act performed)
• कृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ (धातु) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त) भावे/कर्मणि—'कृतं (कर्म)'

• आनन्त्यम्: endlessness, infinite merit
• आनन्त्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अश्नुते: attains, obtains
• अश्नुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Deva-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composite ritual tableau at a riverbank: pilgrims bathing, a donor giving cows/food, a sage doing japa with mālā, a small homa-kunda with flames, a student reciting Veda, and a shrine where flowers are offered—unified by a radiant tīrtha aura labeled ‘anantya’.

Characters & Entities

• Deva-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of a tīrtha multiplies ordinary dharmic acts into inexhaustible spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Deva-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna, dāna, japa, homa, svādhyāya, and devatā-arcana are recommended, with special emphasis on the tīrtha’s amplifying power.