Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते पूर्णे देवो महेश्वरः । उमया सहितः काले तदा वचनमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

tato varṣasahasrānte pūrṇe devo maheśvaraḥ | umayā sahitaḥ kāle tadā vacanamabravīt

Translation

Als dann nach vollendeten tausend Jahren die Frist erfüllt war, sprach der Herr Maheśvara, zusammen mit Umā, zur rechten Zeit diese Worte.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then/thereafter’

• वर्ष-सहस्र-अन्ते: at the end of a thousand years
• वर्ष-सहस्र-अन्ते: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (वर्षसहस्रस्य अन्ते) — ‘at the end of a thousand years’

• पूर्णे: when (it was) completed
• पूर्णे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अन्ते/काले) — ‘when completed’

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — ‘the god’

• महेश्वरः: Mahēśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (महान् ईश्वरः) — ‘Mahēśvara’

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — ‘with Umā’

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (सह धातु/सह् + क्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देवः/महेश्वरः) — ‘accompanied’

• काले: at that time
• काले: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — ‘at the time’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then’

• वचनम्: words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — ‘speech/words’

• अब्रवीत्: spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘said/spoke’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-taṭa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a millennium of austerity, Maheśvara manifests with Umā: luminous divine couple appearing above/near the riverbank, the ascetic in reverent stillness; atmosphere of sacred astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Umā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is portrayed as arriving at the right time after sustained tapas and completion of sacred periods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa and leads into the praise of Skanda-tīrtha associated with the Revā/Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; it sets the narrative stage for later tīrtha-related prescriptions.