Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

सहस्रवत्सरांस्तत्र क्रीडयित्वा यथासुखम् । धनधान्यसमोपेते कुले महति जायते

Transliteration

sahasravatsarāṃstatra krīḍayitvā yathāsukham | dhanadhānyasamopete kule mahati jāyate

Translation

Nachdem er dort tausend Jahre nach Herzenslust verweilt und gespielt hat, wird er darauf in einer großen Familie geboren, reich an Wohlstand und Getreidefülle.

Word by Word

• सहस्रवत्सरान्: a thousand years
• सहस्रवत्सरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र-वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक; सहस्र + वत्सर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• क्रीडयित्वा: having sported/enjoyed
• क्रीडयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: according to/as)

• सुखम्: comfortably/with ease
• सुखम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)

• धनधान्यसमोपेते: in (a family) endowed with wealth and grain
• धनधान्यसमोपेते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन-धान्य-समुपेत (प्रातिपदिक; धन + धान्य + समुपेत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘समुपेत’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) from √इ (इण्) with सम्+उप; ‘कुले’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• कुले: in a family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• महति: great/noble
• महति: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘कुले’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (Revākhaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-phase tableau: celestial enjoyment for ‘a thousand years’ in a heavenly garden, then a transition to a noble household with granaries, fields, and prosperity—symbolizing dhānya and dhana.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga (implied)
• Punarjanma (rebirth, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit is shown to mature in stages—heavenly enjoyment followed by an auspicious, prosperous human rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha under discussion in Adhyāya 135 (referenced as “there”).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it continues describing the result of the prior tīrtha observance.