Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

सुकृतं दुष्कृतं वाऽपि तत्र तीर्थेऽक्षयं भवेत् । एष ते विधिरुद्दिष्ट उत्पत्तिश्चैव भारत

Transliteration

sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ vā'pi tatra tīrthe'kṣayaṃ bhavet | eṣa te vidhiruddiṣṭa utpattiścaiva bhārata

Translation

ไม่ว่ากุศลหรืออกุศลใด ๆ ที่กระทำ ณ ตีรถะนั้น ย่อมมีผลเป็นอมตะไม่เสื่อมสูญ นี่คือกฎที่ได้ชี้แจงแก่ท่านแล้ว โอ ภารตะ พร้อมทั้งเรื่องกำเนิดของมัน

Word by Word

• सुकृतम्: merit, good deed
• सुकृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-कृत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सु + कृतम् (‘good deed’)

• दुष्कृतम्: demerit, evil deed
• दुष्कृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्-कृत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; दुष् + कृतम् (‘bad deed’)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle ‘or’)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb ‘there’)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-क्षय (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्ग/नञ्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to sukṛta/duṣkṛta)

• भवेत्: would become / is said to become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘thy/your’

• विधिः: rule, injunction
• विधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• उद्दिष्टः: has been stated/indicated
• उद्दिष्टः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-√दिश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले; ‘विधिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• उत्पत्तिः: origin, arising
• उत्पत्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction ‘and’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic ‘indeed/just’)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified Purāṇic narrator (addressing the listener as Bhārata, within a royal-dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devatīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at the tīrtha with a split visual motif: on one side offerings and charity radiate light; on the other, a shadowy depiction of wrongful acts shows heavy chains—both labeled ‘akṣaya’ to convey imperishable consequence; a sage instructs ‘Bhārata’.

Characters & Entities

• Devatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places intensify karmic consequences; therefore one should act carefully and dharmically in a tīrtha-kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devatīrtha associated with the Revā/Narmadā, whose origin and observances are being summarized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It summarizes the tīrtha-vidhi (rules/observances) already stated and closes the origin-account (utpatti).