Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तदाप्रभृति तत्तीर्थं दशकन्येति विश्रुतम् । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यमक्षयं कीर्तितं फलम्

Transliteration

tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ daśakanyeti viśrutam | sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyamakṣayaṃ kīrtitaṃ phalam

Translation

นับแต่นั้นมา ทีรถะนั้นจึงเลื่องชื่อว่า “ทศกัญญา” ได้รับสรรเสริญว่าเป็นสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ลบล้างบาปทั้งปวง และประทานผลบุญทางจิตวิญญาณอันไม่เสื่อมสูญ

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• प्रभृति: from (that time) onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—अवधि/आरम्भवाचक (from...onwards)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (demonstrative) तीर्थम्

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दशकन्या: Daśakanyā
• दशकन्या: Nama (Apposition/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशकन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (नामरूपेण)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणार्थक निपात

• विश्रुतम्: renowned
• विश्रुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + श्रु (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) तीर्थम्

• सर्वपापहरम्: removing all sins
• सर्वपापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) पुण्यम्/फलम्

• पुण्यम्: meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) फलम्

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) फलम्

• कीर्तितम्: declared/celebrated
• कीर्तितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) फलम्

• फलम्: the result/fruit
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Mārkaṇḍeya continuing the tīrtha-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Daśakanyā-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A timeless river-ford with an inscribed or orally proclaimed name ‘Daśakanyā’; devotees bathe and offer water, while sages recite its akṣaya-phala praise.

Characters & Entities

• Daśakanyā (Tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes spiritually potent through sacred history, and its remembered glory yields imperishable merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Daśakanyā-tīrtha, within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred landscape (Narmadā/Revā region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific act is stated here; the verse chiefly declares the tīrtha’s fame and sin-destroying power.