Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तत्र पार्थ तपश्चक्रे निराहारा जितव्रता । कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रपाराकमहासांतपनादिभिः

Transliteration

tatra pārtha tapaścakre nirāhārā jitavratā | kṛcchrātikṛcchrapārākamahāsāṃtapanādibhiḥ

Translation

وہاں، اے پُرتھا کے فرزند! اُس نے تپسیا کی—بھوک سے پرہیز کرتے ہوئے، اپنے ورت میں ثابت قدم—اور کِرچھر، اَتِکِرچھر، پاراک اور مہاسانتپن جیسے سخت انوشتھان بجا لائے۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• चक्रे: performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• निराहारा: without food/fasting
• निराहारा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जितव्रता: steadfast in vows
• जितव्रता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘one whose vows are mastered/kept’ विशेषण

• कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रपाराकमहासांतपनादिभिः: by (various) severe penances such as kṛcchra etc.
• कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रपाराकमहासांतपनादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र + अतिकृच्छ्र + पाराक + महासांतपन + आदि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (तपःप्रकार-समूह), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘by (means of) kṛcchra, atikṛcchra, pārāka, mahāsāṃtapana, etc.’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing Yudhiṣṭhira/Arjuna as ‘Pārtha’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā–Sāgara Saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a sandy confluence bank, the woman sits in padmāsana on kusa grass, thin from fasting, surrounded by ritual implements (kamandalu, rudrākṣa), with the river meeting the sea behind her.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast vows and disciplined austerity are presented as a means of inner purification and divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred region), though this verse emphasizes penance rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of classical expiatory vratas such as Kṛcchra, Atikṛcchra, Pārāka, and Mahāsāntapana, along with fasting.