Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

सहितास्तत्र गच्छामः स्नातुं दातुं च शक्तितः । एवमुक्ते तु वचने पार्थिवेन द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

sahitāstatra gacchāmaḥ snātuṃ dātuṃ ca śaktitaḥ | evamukte tu vacane pārthivena dvijottamāḥ

Translation

“เราทั้งหลายจงไปที่นั่นพร้อมกัน—เพื่ออาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์และให้ทานตามกำลัง” ครั้นพระราชาตรัสถ้อยคำนี้แล้ว เหล่าพราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ…

Word by Word

• सहिताः: together
• सहिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (समेताः/सह गता)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• गच्छामः: we go
• गच्छामः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्नातुम्: to bathe
• स्नातुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), ‘to bathe’

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), ‘to give (charity)’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शक्तितः: as able/according to capacity
• शक्तितः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (adverb: according to ability)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• उक्ते: when (it was) said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; लोके ‘उक्ते (सति)’ = locative absolute

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• वचने: in the words/statement
• वचने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘उक्ते वचने’ इति सति-सप्तमी

• पार्थिवेन: by the king
• पार्थिवेन: Kartr-karana (कर्तृकरण/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• द्विजोत्तमाः: the best of Brahmins
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + उत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (द्विजानाम् उत्तमाः)

Speaker

The king (pārthiva) speaks; narration continues

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Destination tīrtha (unspecified)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king declares: ‘Let us go together to bathe and give charity as we are able’; the brāhmaṇas respond, poised to proceed.

Characters & Entities

• king (pārthiva)
• dvijottamāḥ (Brahmins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True vrata-practice combines intention with action—pilgrimage, sacred bathing, and charity done sincerely and within one’s means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The destination is referenced as ‘there’; the next verse names Bhāreśvara on the Revā’s northern bank.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and dāna (charity) to be performed at the tīrtha, ‘śaktitaḥ’—according to capacity.