Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तत्र दिव्याप्सरोभिश्च देवगन्धर्वगायनैः । क्रीडते सेव्यमानस्तु कल्पकोटिशतं नृप

Transliteration

tatra divyāpsarobhiśca devagandharvagāyanaiḥ | krīḍate sevyamānastu kalpakoṭiśataṃ nṛpa

Translation

Dort, umgeben von himmlischen Apsarās und von göttlichen Gandharva-Sängern, weilt er in Spiel und Wonne, geehrt und bedient, hundert Krore von Kalpas lang, o König.

Word by Word

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

• दिव्याप्सरोभिः: with divine apsarases
• दिव्याप्सरोभिः: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य-अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘दिव्याः अप्सरसः’ इति कर्मधारयः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• देवगन्धर्वगायनैः: with gods, gandharvas, and singers
• देवगन्धर्वगायनैः: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-गन्धर्व-गायन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (देवाः + गन्धर्वाः + गायनाः)

• क्रीडते: sports/enjoys
• क्रीडते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सेव्यमानः: being served
• सेव्यमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √सेव् (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि (passive present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• कल्पकोटिशतम्: for a hundred crores of kalpas
• कल्पकोटिशतम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time extent/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प-कोटि-शत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक-समासः (कल्पानां कोटि-शतम्)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (continuing address to the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-mandira / Śiva-loka (as fruit of Kusumeśa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial court: apsarases dance, gandharvas sing with vīṇā and mṛdaṅga; the meritorious soul sits honored on a jeweled seat amid clouds and radiant pavilions.

Characters & Entities

• Apsaras
• Gandharvas
• Nṛpa (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and sacred practice at the tīrtha are portrayed as yielding vast, exalted posthumous enjoyments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kusumeśa-tīrtha, within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite; it describes the phala (reward) that follows the prior disciplines taught in the passage.