Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

स गत्वा भास्करं लोकं रुद्रलोके शुभे व्रजेत् । क्रीडते रुद्रलोकस्थो यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश

Transliteration

sa gatvā bhāskaraṃ lokaṃ rudraloke śubhe vrajet | krīḍate rudralokastho yāvadindrāścaturdaśa

Translation

সে সূর্যলোক প্রাপ্ত হয়ে পরে শুভ রুদ্রলোকে গমন করে; রুদ্রলোকে বাস করে চৌদ্দ ইন্দ্রের কাল পর্যন্ত সে ক্রীড়া করে।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), 'having gone'

• भास्करम्: the Sun (Bhāskara)
• भास्करम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc.), एकवचन

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc.), एकवचन

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Loc.), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रुद्रस्य लोकः)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Loc.), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to रुद्रलोके)

• व्रजेत्: would go / should go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• क्रीडते: plays, sports
• क्रीडते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• रुद्रलोकस्थः: dwelling in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोकस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (रुद्रलोके स्थितः)

• यावत्: as long as, until
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिबोधक-अव्यय (until/as long as)

• इन्द्राः: Indras
• इन्द्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), बहुवचन

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषणम्; प्रथमा (Nom.), बहुवचन—इन्द्राः इति विशेष्यस्य संख्या

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, continuing discourse to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava/Pāṇḍunandana addressed in the discourse frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous ascent: the merit-holder travels first to the radiant orb of Sūrya, then to a serene, ash-white, crescent-moon-lit Rudra-loka where divine attendants and gaṇas dwell; time spans are symbolized by repeating Indra-thrones.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sun)
• Rudra
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic merit culminates in elevated states of being—culminating in proximity to Rudra and long-lasting heavenly fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a phalaśruti describing post-mortem realms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not specified here; it continues the results (phala) of the preceding dharmic acts such as dāna.