Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

प्रीतास्तेऽपि भवन्त्यत्र रुद्रा राजन्न संशयः । जपेन पापसंशुद्धिर्ध्यानेनानन्त्यमश्नुते

Transliteration

prītāste'pi bhavantyatra rudrā rājanna saṃśayaḥ | japena pāpasaṃśuddhirdhyānenānantyamaśnute

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา ณ ที่นี้แม้เหล่ารุทราก็ยินดี—หาได้สงสัยไม่ ด้วยการสวดมนต์ภาวนา (ชปะ) ย่อมชำระบาป และด้วยสมาธิภาวนา (ธยานะ) ย่อมบรรลุอนันต์อันไร้ขอบเขต

Word by Word

• prītāḥ: pleased, satisfied
• prītāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prīta (कृदन्त; √prī प्री + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकृदन्तः (past passive participle)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘also/even’

• bhavanti: become, are
• bhavanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• rudrāḥ: Rudras
• rudrāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचनम्

• na: not, no
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• japena: by recitation (japa)
• japena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: japa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• pāpa-saṃśuddhiḥ: purification from sin
• pāpa-saṃśuddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃśuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य संशुद्धिः)

• dhyānena: by meditation
• dhyānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• ānantyam: endlessness, infinity
• ānantyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānantya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• aśnute: attains, enjoys
• aśnute: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √aś (अश्)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual within Revākhaṇḍa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly pilgrim stands on the riverbank with folded hands; subtle Rudra-presences (gaṇas) in the air; a yogin seated in meditation under a tree, suggesting japa leading into dhyāna and the ‘Infinite’.

Characters & Entities

• Rudras
• Japa
• Dhyāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner practice completes outer pilgrimage: japa cleanses wrongdoing, while meditation leads toward the limitless reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same sacred locale where the Rudras are said to abide and be pleased (the Revā-region mountain/tīrtha complex).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa for purification from sin, and dhyāna (meditation) for attaining anantya (the Infinite).