Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणेषु च तीर्थेषु देवायतनकर्मसु । प्रतिश्रुत्य ददेत्तत्तद्व्यवहारः कृतो यथा

Transliteration

brāhmaṇeṣu ca tīrtheṣu devāyatanakarmasu | pratiśrutya dadettattadvyavahāraḥ kṛto yathā

Translation

اور برہمنوں، تیرتھوں اور دیوتاؤں کے مندروں سے متعلق کاموں میں—جو وعدہ کیا ہو، اسی کے مطابق دیا جائے، جیسے معاملہ طے ہوا تھا۔

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणेषु: among/for Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• तीर्थेषु: at sacred places
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• देवायतनकर्मसु: in works/rituals connected with temples
• देवायतनकर्मसु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + आयतन + कर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-परम्परा (देवानाम् आयतनम्; तस्य कर्म)

• प्रतिश्रुत्य: having promised
• प्रतिश्रुत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + श्रु (धातु) → प्रतिश्रुत्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having promised’

• ददेत्: should give
• ददेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्: that (each)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-बल (each such)

• व्यवहारः: practice/transaction
• व्यवहारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• कृतः: was made/established
• कृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘made/established’

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकार (as/according as)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṇamocana-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor, having made a vow, offers gifts to brāhmaṇas and funds temple repairs near a tīrtha; a scribe records the agreement, symbolizing ‘vyavahāra’.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Tīrthas
• Devāyatana (temples)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes integrity: promises made for sacred causes—Brahmins, tīrthas, and temples—must be honored through actual giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tīrthas in general within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage framework; no single named site appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To fulfill pledged offerings/donations connected with Brahmins, pilgrimage places, and temple works.