Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

प्राहुस्ते सार्धकृच्छ्रं वै फलं पूर्वं युधिष्ठिर । त्रिगुणं कृच्छ्रमाप्नोति रेवासागरसङ्गमे

Transliteration

prāhuste sārdhakṛcchraṃ vai phalaṃ pūrvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira | triguṇaṃ kṛcchramāpnoti revāsāgarasaṅgame

Translation

เขาเคยกล่าวแก่ท่านก่อนแล้ว โอ้ยุธิษฐิระ ว่าผลบุญเป็น “กฤจฉระหนึ่งครึ่ง”; แต่ ณ สังฆมที่เรวาบรรจบมหาสมุทร ย่อมได้ผลกฤจฉระที่ทวีเป็นสามเท่า

Word by Word

• प्राहुः: they have said
• प्राहुः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• ते: to you / of you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; ‘तव’ अर्थे

• सार्धकृच्छ्रम्: the sārdha-kṛcchra penance
• सार्धकृच्छ्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार्ध-कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—सार्ध (सहित/with) + कृच्छ्र (तत्पुरुष)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma/Predicative (Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूर्वम्: previously
• पूर्वम्: Sambandha (Temporal adverb/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: formerly/previously)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रिगुणम्: threefold
• त्रिगुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिगुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—त्रि + गुण (कर्मधारय)

• कृच्छ्रम्: kṛcchra penance
• कृच्छ्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• रेवासागरसङ्गमे: at the confluence of Revā and the ocean
• रेवासागरसङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा-सागर-सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—(रेवा + सागर) + सङ्गम (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice, addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Revā widens into an estuary meeting the sea; pilgrims offer arghya as waves roll in; a sage reminds Yudhiṣṭhira of earlier stated ‘sārdha-kṛcchra’ baseline and the new tripled Kṛcchra at the ocean confluence.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Sāgara (ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The culmination-point of a sacred river—where it meets the ocean—is portrayed as exceptionally merit-bestowing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā-sāgara-saṅgama: the confluence of the Narmadā (Revā) with the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A stated enhancement of expiatory merit: at the Revā–ocean confluence, the Kṛcchra fruit becomes threefold.