Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तव भक्तिगृहीतोऽहमुमया सह तोषितः । निष्पापः सोमनाथस्त्वं संजातस्तीर्थसेवनात्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tava bhaktigṛhīto'hamumayā saha toṣitaḥ | niṣpāpaḥ somanāthastvaṃ saṃjātastīrthasevanāt

Translation

พระอีศวรตรัสว่า: “เราถูกชนะด้วยภักติของเจ้า และเราพร้อมด้วยพระอุมาเป็นที่พอพระทัย ด้วยการบำเพ็ญรับใช้ตถีรถะ เจ้าได้เป็นผู้ปราศจากบาป—แท้จริงเจ้าได้เป็น ‘โสมณาถ’.”

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: the Lord (Īśvara)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• भक्ति: devotion
• भक्ति: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (समासे पूर्वपदत्वेन)

• गृहीतः: accepted/received
• गृहीतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उमया: by/with Umā
• उमया: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-निपात (particle of accompaniment)

• तोषितः: pleased/satisfied
• तोषितः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• निष्पापः: sinless
• निष्पापः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्/निषेधपूर्वक-तत्पुरुष (negative determinative); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सोमनाथः: Somanātha
• सोमनाथः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Soma’s lord); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संजातः: become/arisen
• संजातः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तीर्थसेवनात्: from (the act of) visiting/serving the tīrtha
• तीर्थसेवनात्: Apādāna (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + सेवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tīrtha-sevana = service/visiting of a sacred place); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha (Revā-tīrtha context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The devotee addressed in-context (Soma/Indu implied by next verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks, pleased with the devotee; Umā stands beside him, both bestowing grace; the devotee is symbolically ‘renamed’ Somanātha through tīrtha-sevā.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Umā
• Soma
• Somanātha
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti joined with tīrtha-sevā leads to purification and a transformed spiritual identity blessed by Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse explicitly glorifies tīrtha-sevana within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred landscape (Revā/Narmadā tīrtha tradition).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-sevā (reverent attendance/service at a holy place—typically including snāna, darśana, and worship) is praised as purifying.