Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

त्वत्प्रसादान्नृपश्रेष्ठ गतिर्दिव्या ममेदृषी । जातेयं यत्त्वया कार्यं कृतं परमशोभनम्

Transliteration

tvatprasādānnṛpaśreṣṭha gatirdivyā mamedṛṣī | jāteyaṃ yattvayā kāryaṃ kṛtaṃ paramaśobhanam

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชาผู้ประเสริฐ ด้วยพระกรุณาของพระองค์ ข้าพเจ้าได้บรรลุคติอันเป็นทิพย์เช่นนี้ กิจที่พระองค์ทรงกระทำนั้นงดงามยิ่งและควรค่าอย่างสูงสุด

Word by Word

• त्वत्: of you/your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रसादात्: from (your) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• नृपश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• नृपश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नृपाणां श्रेष्ठः)

• गतिः: state/attainment
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दिव्या: divine
• दिव्या: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of गतिः)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• ईदृशी: such/like this
• ईदृशी: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of गतिः)

• जाता: has arisen/has come about
• जाता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अभवत्/समभवत्’ इत्यर्थे

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कार्यं: deed/act
• कार्यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कृतम् अस्ति’ इत्यर्थे

• परमशोभनम्: most splendid
• परमशोभनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमं शोभनम्) विशेषणम् (of कार्यं/कृतम्)

Speaker

Ṛṣi (unnamed sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Uttānapāda (frame listener) / king (immediate addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable ascetic/sage expresses gratitude to a king, acknowledging that the king’s beautiful deed has granted him a divine passage; the setting hints at a riverine tīrtha atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Citrasena
• Ṛṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving dharma—especially sacred duties connected with ancestors and tīrthas—becomes a source of divine upliftment for all involved.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha context, wherein the king’s deed yields ‘divyā gati’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit praise of the king’s completed rite (snāna, tarpaṇa, and asthi-immersion) as a ‘kārya’ (duty) done well.