Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

मां भजस्व वरारोहे देवराजमनिन्दिते । क्रीडयस्व मया सार्द्धं त्रिषु लोकेषु पूजिता

Transliteration

māṃ bhajasva varārohe devarājamanindite | krīḍayasva mayā sārddhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu pūjitā

Translation

„Wähle mich, o schönhüftige, o Tadellose; wähle den König der Götter. Spiele mit mir; in den drei Welten wirst du verehrt werden.“

Word by Word

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• bhajasva: serve/accept (me)
• bhajasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhaj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• vara-ārohe: O fair-hipped one
• vara-ārohe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + āroha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः—‘श्रेष्ठा आरोहा’ (सुन्दर-नितम्बा)

• deva-rājam: (me,) the king of the gods
• deva-rājam: Karma (Apposition to mām/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां राजा)

• anindite: O blameless one
• anindite: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-nindita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचनम्; नञ्-समास-युक्त-प्रातिपदिकम्

• krīḍayasva: sport/play
• krīḍayasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: krīḍ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• mayā: with me/by me
• mayā: Sahakari (Companion/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Sambandha (Associative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक-उपपद (postposition)

• triṣu: in the three
• triṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचनम्; संख्या-विशेषणम्

• lokeṣu: worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचनम्

• pūjitā: (you are) honored/worshipped
• pūjitā: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) → pūjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; ‘त्वम्’ (अहल्या) इति लुप्त-कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे विशेषणम्

Speaker

Indra (quoted within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra speaks directly to Ahalyā with persuasive charm, offering divine choice, play, and three-world honor; Ahalyā stands at the threshold of consent.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Ahalyā
• Three Worlds (trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly honor and pleasure are shown as persuasive but ethically perilous temptations when they conflict with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the legend leading to the glorification of Cāhalyeśvara in Adhyāya 136.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is direct speech within the narrative.