Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तत्र निक्षिप्यतां वारि सर्वरोगविनाशनम् । सर्वपापहरं दिव्यं सर्वैरपि सुरादिभिः

Transliteration

tatra nikṣipyatāṃ vāri sarvarogavināśanam | sarvapāpaharaṃ divyaṃ sarvairapi surādibhiḥ

Translation

“وہ پانی وہاں رکھا جائے—وہ الٰہی ہے، سب گناہوں کو ہرانے والا اور ہر بیماری کو مٹانے والا—تم سب، دیوتاؤں سے لے کر سبھی، مل کر اسے وہاں رکھو۔”

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place): ‘there’

• निक्षिप्यताम्: let (it) be placed
• निक्षिप्यताम्: Kriya (Injunction/आज्ञार्थ-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘let it be placed’

• वारि: water
• वारि: Karma/Karta in passive (Patient-subject/कर्म-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; passive subject of ‘निक्षिप्यताम्’

• सर्वरोगविनाशनम्: destroying all diseases
• सर्वरोगविनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्व-रोग-विनाशन = destroyer of all diseases); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘वारि’

• सर्वपापहरम्: removing all sins
• सर्वपापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्व-पाप-हर = remover of all sins); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘वारि’

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘वारि’

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण of ‘सुरादिभिः’

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): ‘also/even’

• सुरादिभिः: by the gods and others
• सुरादिभिः: Karana/Agent (Instrument/agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुर-आदि = gods and others); पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devakhāta (implied)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas pour luminous waters into the sacred pit; the water glows with divine potency, suggesting healing and purification; Īśvara’s presence sanctifies the act.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devas
• Sacred water (vāri)
• Disease (roga)
• Sin (pāpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated sacred water functions as a medium of purification and healing when established under divine command.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘khāta’ filled with tīrtha-water—Devakhāta—whose water is praised as sin-removing and disease-destroying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deposit the collected tīrtha waters into the designated sacred reservoir to consecrate it for healing and purification.