Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 185

Devanagari script

पुनस्तत्तीर्थमासाद्य ह्यक्षयं पदमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

punastattīrthamāsādya hyakṣayaṃ padamāpnuyāt

Translation

پھر جب وہ دوبارہ اُس تیرتھ تک پہنچتا ہے تو یقیناً وہ اَبدی اور ناقابلِ زوال مقام پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘पुनः/again’

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (tīrtham इति)

• tīrtham: sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• āsādya: having reached/approached
• āsādya: Pūrvakriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√sad (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त/gerund)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/absolutive): ‘आसाद्य’ = प्राप्त्वा/approaching; अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियापूर्वक (पूर्वक्रिया)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): हेतौ/निश्चये ‘indeed/for’

• akṣayam: imperishable
• akṣayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (padam इति)

• padam: state/abode/goal
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• āpnuyāt: may attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from nearby context in Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (पूर्वोक्त) तद्-तीर्थम्

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: नृपोत्तम (राजा)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: यात्री पुनः उसी पवित्र घाट/तीर्थ पर लौटता है; नदी-तट पर स्नान के बाद शांत मुद्रा में ‘अक्षय पद’ की आकांक्षा

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Akṣaya-pada (imperishable state)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repeated contact with the sacred place, joined to devotion, culminates in the ‘imperishable’ spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same ‘that tīrtha’ (tat-tīrtha) under discussion in Revā Khaṇḍa, immediately preceding this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pilgrimage act is implied: ‘approaching/reaching the tīrtha again’; no further details are specified here.