Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

पृथिव्यां सर्वतीर्थेषु स्नात्वा यल्लभते फलम् । तत्फलं लभते मर्त्यो भक्त्या स्नात्वा महेश्वर

Transliteration

pṛthivyāṃ sarvatīrtheṣu snātvā yallabhate phalam | tatphalaṃ labhate martyo bhaktyā snātvā maheśvara

Translation

ผลบุญใดที่มนุษย์ได้จากการอาบน้ำในตีรถะทั้งปวงบนแผ่นดิน ผลบุญนั้นเอง โอ้ พระมหีศวร ผู้เป็นมนุษย์ย่อมได้เมื่ออาบน้ำที่นี่ด้วยภักติ

Word by Word

• पृथिव्याम्: on earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वतीर्थेषु: in all sacred fords/pilgrimage places
• सर्वतीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• यत्: which/that (what)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• महेश्वर: O Maheśvara
• महेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sarid (the River-goddess; Revā/Narmadā in context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā bathing place)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bathes in Revā while a subtle mandala-like aura shows miniature icons of many famous tīrthas (Gaṅgā, Prayāga, Puṣkara, etc.) dissolving into the single river—signifying 'all tīrtha fruits' gained here through bhakti; Śiva’s presence blesses the act.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional contact with a divinely empowered tīrtha can concentrate the merit of many pilgrimages into a single act of sincere practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā as a supreme tīrtha whose bath-bestowal equals all other sacred baths.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti-yukta snāna (devotional bathing) as the recommended practice.