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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा विधिना जपेद्द्विजान् । तस्य कोटिगुणं पुण्यं जायते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā vidhinā japeddvijān | tasya koṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Tại thánh địa (tīrtha) ấy, ai tắm gội đúng nghi pháp rồi trì tụng japa theo phép, với sự gia hộ của các bậc dvija, thì công đức phát sinh gấp triệu lần; điều này không hề nghi ngờ.

Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place
तीर्थेat the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
तीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात/समुच्चय-व्यतिरेकसूचक) — particle (but/indeed)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular (relative pronoun)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (तुमुन्-न, क्त्वा), पूर्वकालक्रिया — Absolutive/gerund: ‘having bathed’
विधिनाaccording to the prescribed rule/ritual
विधिना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental singular
जपेत्should recite/mutter
जपेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular
द्विजान्Brahmins (twice-born)
द्विजान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative plural
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular (of him)
कोटिगुणम्multiplied a crore-fold
कोटिगुणम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: कोट्या गुणः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular; qualifying ‘पुण्यम्’
पुण्यम्merit
पुण्यम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative singular (here subject of ‘जायते’)
जायतेarises/is produced
जायते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present, Atmanepada, 3rd person singular
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निषेध) — negation particle
अत्रhere/in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (देशवाचक) — indeclinable adverb of place
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular
Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (unspecified sub-tīrtha in Revākhaṇḍa context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a river-tīrtha completes a ritual bath, then sits on kuśa grass facing east, counting japa on a mālā while learned brāhmaṇas stand nearby reciting blessings; the river glitters with morning light.

Characters & Entities
T
Tīrtha
D
Dvija
S
Snāna
J
Japa
P
Puṇya

FAQs

Disciplined practice (vidhi) at a tīrtha magnifies spiritual merit exponentially.

The same Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha being discussed (Puṣkariṇī/Sūrya worship locale in the Vimaleśvara circuit).

Bathe at the tīrtha and perform japa according to proper rules, with due respect to the dvijas.

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