Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

क्रीडयित्वा यथाकामं देवगन्धर्वपूजितः । इहागत्य च भूयोऽपि जायते विपुले कुले

Transliteration

krīḍayitvā yathākāmaṃ devagandharvapūjitaḥ | ihāgatya ca bhūyo'pi jāyate vipule kule

Translation

Nachdem er nach Herzenslust gespielt und genossen hat, von Göttern und Gandharvas geehrt, kehrt er wieder hierher zurück und wird abermals in einer wohlhabenden Familie geboren.

Word by Word

• क्रीडयित्वा: having sported/played
• क्रीडयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययभाव (तुमुन्-समकक्ष), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — Gerund (absolutive): ‘having played’

• यथाकामम्: as desired; at will
• यथाकामम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (यथा + कामम्) — indeclinable adverbial compound

• देवगन्धर्वपूजितः: honoured by gods and gandharvas
• देवगन्धर्वपूजितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजित (पूज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (देव-गन्धर्वैः पूजितः); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Past participle adjective, Masculine, Nominative singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — indeclinable adverb of place

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) + त्य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (आगत्य) — Gerund: ‘having come’

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

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरर्थक क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘again/further’

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/अपि-कार) — particle ‘also/even’

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — Present indicative, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada

• विपुले: in a great/abundant
• विपुले: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Locative singular (agreeing with ‘कुले’)

• कुले: family/lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The meritorious soul sports in celestial gardens, honored by devas and Gandharvas; later, the soul descends as a radiant seed of rebirth into a prosperous lineage.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained through sacred acts can yield celestial honor and, even if rebirth occurs, a more fortunate and dharmic birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha being discussed in the immediate context of Adhyāya 109—Cakratīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it describes the karmic outcome of prior tīrtha-based merit.