Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कुरुक्षेत्रं यथा पुण्यं सार्वकामिकमुत्तमम् । इदं तीर्थं तथा पुण्यं सर्वकामफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

kurukṣetraṃ yathā puṇyaṃ sārvakāmikamuttamam | idaṃ tīrthaṃ tathā puṇyaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam

Translation

ดุจดังทุ่งกุรุเกษตรเป็นบุญยิ่งและประเสริฐ ผู้บันดาลความปรารถนาทั้งปวง ฉันใด ทิรถะแห่งนี้ก็ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ฉันนั้น ให้ผลสำเร็จแก่ทุกความปรารถนา

Word by Word

• कुरुक्षेत्रम्: Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/just as)

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कुरुक्षेत्रम् इति)

• सार्वकामिकम्: fulfilling all desires
• सार्वकामिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + इक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कुरुक्षेत्रम् इति)

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कुरुक्षेत्रम् इति)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदं (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देशक-सर्वनाम

• तीर्थम्: pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; इदम् इति समानाधिकरण

• तथा: likewise, so
• तथा: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयवाचक (so/likewise)

• पुण्यम्: holy
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम् इति)

• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: granting the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + फल + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम् इति)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkariṇī/Revā-tīrtha (as the compared tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic juxtaposition: Kurukṣetra’s vast sacred plain on one side and the Revā’s serene tīrtha on the other, connected by a golden thread of merit; the narrator asserts their equal potency in granting desires.

Characters & Entities

• Kurukṣetra
• Puṣkariṇī (tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic map of holiness links famed pan-Indian sites (like Kurukṣetra) with regional tīrthas, affirming that sincere pilgrimage yields comprehensive spiritual and worldly fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This Revā-bank tīrtha (Puṣkariṇī context) is praised as equal in merit to Kurukṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific act is named in this verse; it states the general phala (benefit) of the tīrtha.