Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या दद्याद्दीपं सुशोभनम् । जायते तस्य राजेन्द्र महादीप्तिः शारीरजा

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā dadyāddīpaṃ suśobhanam | jāyate tasya rājendra mahādīptiḥ śārīrajā

Translation

اے راجندر! جو اس تیرتھ میں بھکتی سے خوبصورت دیپک نذر کرے، اس کے جسم میں عظیم نورانیت پیدا ہوتی ہے—باطن کی روشنی ظاہر ہو جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/देशवाचक) — indeclinable adverb of place

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन — neuter, locative singular

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/समुच्चय-व्यतिरेकसूचक) — particle (but/indeed)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — masculine, nominative singular (relative pronoun)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — feminine, instrumental singular

• दद्यात्: should give/offer
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — optative, parasmaipada, 3rd sg

• दीपम्: a lamp
• दीपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — masculine, accusative singular

• सुशोभनम्: very beautiful/splendid
• सुशोभनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — neuter, accusative singular; विशेषण (qualifying) of ‘दीपम्’

• जायते: is born/arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — present, ātmanepada, 3rd sg

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — masculine, genitive singular (of him)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन — masculine, vocative singular; समास: राजन् + इन्द्र (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• महादीप्तिः: great radiance
• महादीप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादीप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — feminine, nominative singular; समास: महा + दीप्ति (कर्मधारय)

• शारीरजा: born from the body/physical
• शारीरजा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शारीर-जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — feminine, nominative singular; विशेषण of ‘महादीप्तिः’; समास: शरीरात्/शारीर + जा (तत्पुरुष; ‘born from the body’)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (addressing a king: rājendra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed in this verse) Revā-tīrtha of the preceding context

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a riverbank tīrtha offers a beautifully decorated lamp; the flame reflects on the water while a subtle aura of radiance surrounds the donor.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied by nearby “śivamandirāt” in 175.19)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering light with devotion symbolizes awakening; such dāna yields inner and outer radiance as a fruit of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha in Adhyāya 175, presented as a place where dīpa-dāna produces extraordinary merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīpa-dāna (offering a lamp) performed with devotion at the tīrtha.