Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तथैव ब्रह्मणा सिद्ध्यै सप्ततीर्थान्यवीवदत् । त्रिषु च ब्रह्मणः पूजा ब्रह्मेशाश्चतुरोऽपरे । अष्टाविंशन्मया ख्याता यथासङ्ख्यं यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

tathaiva brahmaṇā siddhyai saptatīrthānyavīvadat | triṣu ca brahmaṇaḥ pūjā brahmeśāścaturo'pare | aṣṭāviṃśanmayā khyātā yathāsaṅkhyaṃ yathākramam

Translation

اسی طرح برہما کی سِدھی کے حصول کے لیے اُس نے سات تیرتھ بیان کیے۔ تین مقامات پر برہما کی پوجا کی جاتی ہے، اور چار دیگر برہمیَش تیرتھ ہیں۔ یوں میں نے کل اٹھائیس کو تعداد کے مطابق اور درست ترتیب سے بیان کیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक/particle of emphasis)

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā / by Brahman
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; instrumental

• सिद्ध्यै: for accomplishment/success
• सिद्ध्यै: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; dative

• सप्ततीर्थानि: seven sacred fords (tīrthas)
• सप्ततीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; dvigu-samāsa; nominative plural

• अवीवदत्: declared/spoke
• अवीवदत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative? (intensive/अवीवदत् = he caused to be spoken/declared)

• त्रिषु: in/among three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; locative plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā/Brahman
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive singular

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; nominative singular

• ब्रह्मेशाः: lords connected with Brahmā (Brahmeśas)
• ब्रह्मेशाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; tatpuruṣa (ब्रह्मण ईशाः)

• चतुरः: four
• चतुरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; nominative plural

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; nominative plural

• अष्टाविंशत्: twenty-eight
• अष्टाविंशत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭāviṃśati (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; used as numeral ‘twenty-eight’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; instrumental ‘by me’

• ख्याताः: are proclaimed/declared
• ख्याताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √khyā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा; passive sense ‘are declared’

• यथा: according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/रीतिवाचक; ‘as/according to’)

• सङ्ख्यम्: in due count/number
• सङ्ख्यम्: Sambandha (Adverbial accusative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṅkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकस्य नपुंसक-रूपेण (saṅkhyam), द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; adverbial accusative ‘in number/order’

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक)

• क्रमम्: in proper sequence
• क्रमम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular (adverbial)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmā-siddhi tīrtha-samūha (seven) within Revā-tīrtha-krama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assemblage of sages (and by tradition the Naimiṣāraṇya audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator indicates a scroll/map of Revā’s banks, marking seven Brahmā-siddhi tīrthas, three Brahmā-pūjā stations, and four Brahmeśa-tīrthas, arranged in a clear pilgrimage sequence.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Brahmeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas are structured paths of practice: some emphasize worship (pūjā), others confer siddhi, showing pilgrimage as a disciplined dharmic itinerary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named; the verse identifies Brāhma categories—seven Brahmā-related tīrthas, including three Brahmā-pūjā points and four Brahmeśa points.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Brahmā-pūjā (worship of Brahmā) is specified at three tīrthas.