Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

विशेषविधिनाभ्यर्च्य प्रणम्य च पुनःपुनः । सपुत्रेण च तेनैव पितॄणां विहिता गतिः

Transliteration

viśeṣavidhinābhyarcya praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ | saputreṇa ca tenaiva pitṝṇāṃ vihitā gatiḥ

Translation

خاص مقررہ ودھی کے مطابق ارچنا کرکے اور بار بار پرنام کرکے، وہی شخص اپنے بیٹے سمیت اپنے پِتروں کے لیے مقررہ مبارک گتی کو یقینی بناتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• विशेषविधिना: by a special procedure
• विशेषविधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विशेषस्य विधिः)

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + अर्च् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having worshipped)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आवृत्तिवाचक (repeatedly)

• सपुत्रेण: together with (his) son
• सपुत्रेण: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (उपसर्गसदृश-समासाङ्ग) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुष (पुत्रेण सह)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश (by him/thereby)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• विहिता: ordained/secured
• विहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (ordained/arranged)

• गतिः: course/destiny (attainment)
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from adjoining context in Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Asmāhaka-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A father and son stand at the shrine after ritual worship; both bow repeatedly; offerings are arranged; a subtle ancestral realm is hinted above—pitṛs receiving light and water, signifying ‘vihitā gati’.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Son (putra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship performed with devotion and correct procedure benefits not only the practitioner but also uplifts the ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is the Revā (Narmadā) sacred region in the Āvantya Khaṇḍa’s Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship by a ‘special rite’ (viśeṣa-vidhi) along with repeated prostration; the verse frames it as ancestral-benefiting practice.