Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

आ ब्रह्मसदनं यावत्तत्रस्थैर्दैवतैः सह । यत्फलं समवाप्नोति तच्छृणुष्व नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

ā brahmasadanaṃ yāvattatrasthairdaivataiḥ saha | yatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tacchṛṇuṣva nṛpottama

Translation

Bis zur eigenen Wohnstatt Brahmās—zusammen mit den dort weilenden Gottheiten—welche Frucht er auch erlangt, das höre, o Bester der Könige.

Word by Word

• ā: up to
• ā: Desha/Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधिबोधक-अव्यय (preposition/adverb: up to)

• brahma-sadanam: Brahmā’s abode
• brahma-sadanam: Karman/Avadhi (Goal/limit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + sadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• yāvat: as far as, up to the extent
• yāvat: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/सर्वनाम)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिबोधक-अव्यय (as far as/so long as)

• tatra-sthaiḥ: with those staying there
• tatra-sthaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tatra (अव्यय) + stha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• daivataiḥ: with the deities
• daivataiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daivata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable: with)

• yat-phalam: whatever fruit/result
• yat-phalam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• samavāpnoti: fully attains
• samavāpnoti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) + sam-ava- (उपसर्गौ)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present Indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• tat: that
• tat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• śṛṇuṣva: listen
• śṛṇuṣva: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular)

• nṛpa-uttama: O best of kings
• nṛpa-uttama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara) (continuing the discourse to the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgu-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpottama (best of kings) / Pāṇḍunandana addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary ascent: the devotee’s subtle form rising from a river tīrtha toward a luminous Brahmā-sadana, surrounded by devas; a sage narrates to a king.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmasadana (Brahmā’s abode)
• Deities (daivatāḥ)
• Nṛpottama (best of kings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma frames tīrtha-practice as world-transcending: its merit can elevate one through divine realms, even to Brahmā’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhṛgu tīrtha/Bhṛgukṣetra context, whose promised fruits are about to be detailed as reaching exalted realms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is given; this is a transitional phalaśruti introducing the forthcoming description of the attained fruits.