Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । यत्त्वया प्रार्थितं सर्वं फलं धर्मस्य तत्तथा । इत्येवमुक्त्वा तं तत्र जगामादर्शनं हरः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | yattvayā prārthitaṃ sarvaṃ phalaṃ dharmasya tattathā | ityevamuktvā taṃ tatra jagāmādarśanaṃ haraḥ

Translation

อีศวรตรัสว่า: “สิ่งทั้งปวงที่เจ้าทูลขอ—อันเป็นผลอันครบถ้วนแห่งธรรมะ—จักสำเร็จเป็นจริงแน่นอน” ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว หระ (ศิวะ) ก็อันตรธานจากสายตา ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रार्थितम्: requested
• प्रार्थितम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रार्थित (कृदन्त; प्र-अर्थ् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; यत् इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• फलम्: the fruit
• फलम्: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• धर्मस्य: of dharma
• धर्मस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Predicate demonstrative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देशक (correlative)

• तथा: so, accordingly
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus, so)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यन्तसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (in this manner)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अदर्शनम्: to invisibility, out of sight
• अदर्शनम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म (to invisibility)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yakṣa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks a concise boon-confirmation; as the words conclude, his form dissolves into light, leaving the yakṣa in awe at the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Hara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere prayer aligned with dharma receives the Lord’s assurance, and divine darśana may culminate in inner certainty even when the form disappears.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within this adhyāya the praise centers on the Kāverī-saṅgama tīrtha (the confluence associated with the Kāverī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse itself contains no rite; it concludes a divine assurance preceding the tīrtha-focused acts described in the following verses.