Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एवं यः कुरुते पार्थ रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति । तत्र भुक्त्वाखिलान्भोगाञ्जायते भुवि भूपतिः

Transliteration

evaṃ yaḥ kurute pārtha rudralokaṃ sa gacchati | tatra bhuktvākhilānbhogāñjāyate bhuvi bhūpatiḥ

Translation

O Pārtha, wer so handelt, gelangt in Rudras Welt; nachdem er dort alle Freuden genossen hat, wird er auf Erden als König geboren.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• कुरुते: does/practises
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• रुद्रलोकम्: Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्रलोक (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (destination as object)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; निर्देश

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशार्थक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having done earlier)

• अखिलान्: all
• अखिलान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• भोगान्: enjoyments/pleasures
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्म

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

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू-शब्द)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• भूपतिः: a king
• भूपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक; भू + पति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing ‘Pārtha’ within Revā-khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhautapāpa (context)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna) addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A two-part tableau: (1) the disciplined pilgrim at the riverbank; (2) ascent to Rudraloka—radiant Rudra realm with Śiva’s presence, then a return scene showing the soul reborn as a crowned king on earth.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Pārtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady observance of dharmic discipline yields exalted post-mortem merit (Rudraloka) and auspicious rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named here; it is a result-statement (phalaśruti) for the practice described in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse points to the fruit of practicing the earlier stated niyamas/vrata; it does not add a new ritual act.