Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते तुतोष परमेश्वरः । महादेवो जगद्धाता ह्युवाच परया गिरा

Transliteration

tato varṣasahasrānte tutoṣa parameśvaraḥ | mahādevo jagaddhātā hyuvāca parayā girā

Translation

Dann, nach Ablauf von tausend Jahren, wurde der Höchste Herr—Mahādeva, der Erhalter der Welt—zufrieden und sprach mit erhabener Stimme.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): 'ततः' = 'then/thereafter'

• varṣa-sahasra-ante: at the end of a thousand years
• varṣa-sahasra-ante: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारणार्थः: 'वर्षसहस्रस्य अन्ते' = at the end of a thousand years

• tutoṣa: was pleased
• tutoṣa: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातु: तुष् = to be pleased

• parameśvaraḥ: the Supreme Lord
• parameśvaraḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Great God)
• mahādevaḥ: Kartā (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'महान् देवः'

• jagad-dhātā: sustainer of the world
• jagad-dhātā: Kartā (Apposition/epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + dhātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'जगतः धाता' = sustainer of the world

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle) — emphasis/indeed

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: वच् = to speak

• parayā: with supreme
• parayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (girā इत्यस्य)

• girā: speech/voice
• girā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gir (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, unspecified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a millennium of austerity, Mahādeva—world-sustainer—becomes pleased and speaks with a resonant, sublime voice; the atmosphere is charged with tapas-heat and divine calm.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara
• Mahādeva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady austerity ripens into divine grace; Śiva is depicted as quickly responsive once tapas reaches fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it transitions the story toward Śiva’s intervention within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is referenced as the means that yields divine satisfaction, without detailing a specific rite.