Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा हयमेधफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā hayamedhaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

ณ ตีรถะนั้น บุรุษผู้สรงน้ำย่อมได้ผลบุญเสมอด้วยอัศวเมธยัญ

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• tīrthe: at the tīrtha
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snā (धातु) → snātvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया ‘having bathed’

• haya-medha-phalam: the fruit of the Aśvamedha
• haya-medha-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haya (प्रातिपदिक) + medha (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (hayamedhasya phalam)

• labhet: may obtain
• labhet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narration; likely the ongoing Purāṇic narrator within the dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revatīrtha (Revā-tīrtha)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps into the Narmadā at sunrise, offering water to the sun; a symbolic horse and sacrificial paraphernalia appear faintly as a visual metaphor for Aśvamedha-equivalent merit.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Hayamedha (Aśvamedha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single act of reverent bathing at a sanctified tīrtha can yield extraordinary merit, comparable to major Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā river pilgrimage landscape) is being praised, though the exact name is not stated in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna—ritual bathing at the tīrtha.