Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

भविष्यत्यचिरादेव संशयं मा कृथा इह । तपोभिः क्रतुभिर्दानैराशीर्वादैश्च पांडव

Transliteration

bhaviṣyatyacirādeva saṃśayaṃ mā kṛthā iha | tapobhiḥ kratubhirdānairāśīrvādaiśca pāṃḍava

Translation

Điều ấy sẽ thành tựu rất sớm thôi—chớ khởi nghi nơi đây. Nhờ khổ hạnh, tế lễ, bố thí và những lời chúc phúc, hỡi Pāṇḍava…

Word by Word

• bhaviṣyati: will be, will happen
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• acirāt: soon, before long
• acirāt: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: acira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (ablative used adverbially)

• eva: indeed, certainly
• eva: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• saṃśayam: doubt
• saṃśayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

• mā: do not
• mā: Nishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (prohibitive particle)

• kṛthāḥ: make, entertain (doubt)
• kṛthāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; निषेधार्थे ‘मा’ सह

• iha: here
• iha: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• tapobhiḥ: by austerities
• tapobhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण/साधन

• kratubhiḥ: by sacrifices/rites
• kratubhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kratu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण/साधन

• dānaiḥ: by gifts, charity
• dānaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण/साधन

• āśīrvādaiḥ: by blessings
• āśīrvādaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśīrvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण/साधन

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

• pāṇḍava: O Pāṇḍava
• pāṇḍava: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति,् (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmī-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-figure addressing a Pāṇḍava pilgrim, gesturing reassurance; behind them, symbolic vignettes of tapas (fire/meditation), kratu (altar), dāna (giving), and āśīrvāda (elder’s hand raised).

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Pāṇḍava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith and steadiness are essential; dharmic disciplines mature into tangible results without doubt.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues Kṛṣṇa’s assurance connected to Lakṣmī-tīrtha’s promised fruit, though the site is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity), kratu/yajña (sacrifice), dāna (charity), and receiving/giving āśīrvāda (blessings) are invoked as dharmic supports.