Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सर्वैश्वर्यगुणैर्युक्तः प्रजापालनतत्परः । ततः स्मरति तत्तीर्थं पुनरेवागमिष्यति

Transliteration

sarvaiśvaryaguṇairyuktaḥ prajāpālanatatparaḥ | tataḥ smarati tattīrthaṃ punarevāgamiṣyati

Translation

ہر طرح کی سلطنتی شان اور فضیلتوں سے آراستہ، رعایا کی حفاظت میں مشغول، وہ پھر اس مقدس تیرتھ کو یاد کرتا ہے اور دوبارہ اسی کی طرف لوٹ آتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (all-)

• ऐश्वर्य: sovereignty/wealth
• ऐश्वर्य: Viśeṣya-aṅga (Member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (lordship/wealth)

• गुणैः: with qualities
• गुणैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• युक्तः: endowed/connected
• युक्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past passive participle)

• प्रजा: subjects/people
• प्रजा: Viśeṣya-aṅga (Member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (subjects/people)

• पालन: protection/governance
• पालन: Viśeṣya-aṅga (Member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पालन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासमध्यपदत्वेन (protection/ruling)

• तत्परः: intent on/devoted to
• तत्परः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (devoted/intent)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/Locative adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• स्मरति: remembers
• स्मरति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (that)

• तीर्थम्: pilgrimage place/ford
• तीर्थम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• आगमिष्यति: will come/return
• आगमिष्यति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (unnamed ford in this verse)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A righteous king, adorned with signs of sovereignty yet humble in devotion, pauses in contemplation; the river-ford appears as a luminous memory, drawing him back toward the Revā’s banks.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Aiśvarya (sovereignty)
• Prajā (subjects)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places imprint the soul: remembrance of a tīrtha draws one back to dharma and renewed pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘that tīrtha’ refers back to Devadroṇī on the Nara-Nārāyaṇī bank mentioned just before.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage-return is implied: remembering and revisiting the tīrtha is presented as the natural continuation of accrued merit.