Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्र विद्याधरैः सिद्धैर्विमानवरमास्थितः । पूज्यमानो वसेत्तावद्यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम्

Transliteration

tatra vidyādharaiḥ siddhairvimānavaramāsthitaḥ | pūjyamāno vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasamplavam

Translation

Dort, in einem erhabenen himmlischen Vimāna sitzend und von Vidyādharas und Siddhas verehrt, verweilt er so lange, bis zur kosmischen Auflösung der Wesen.

Word by Word

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

• विद्याधरैः: by the Vidyādharas
• विद्याधरैः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या-धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विद्यां धरन्ति इति)

• सिद्धैः: by the Siddhas
• सिद्धैः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समुच्चय (विद्याधरैः सह)

• विमानवरम्: a splendid aerial car
• विमानवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान-वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरं विमानम्)

• आस्थितः: mounted/seated
• आस्थितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Active Participle in sense of PPP); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘having mounted/being seated’

• पूज्यमानः: being honored
• पूज्यमानः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: शानच् (Present Passive Participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘being worshipped’

• वसेत्: may dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Kala (Duration/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रमाण/परिमाणवाचक (so long/that much)

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kala (Limit/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्तावत्-सम्बन्ध (as long as)

• आभूतसम्प्लवम्: until the dissolution of beings (cosmic deluge)
• आभूतसम्प्लवम्: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-भूत-सम्प्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (आ + भूतसम्प्लवम् = up to the cosmic dissolution)

Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant celestial chariot (vimāna-vara) carrying the merit-holder, surrounded by Vidyādharas and Siddhas offering garlands and praise; the backdrop suggests vast cosmic time until pralaya.

Characters & Entities

• Vidyādhara
• Siddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based dharma yields exalted, enduring honors in higher realms, portrayed through purāṇic celestial imagery.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The continuing context is Daśakanyā-tīrtha in Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly the prior dāna and tīrtha observances; this verse elaborates the heavenly outcome (vimāna, honor by Siddhas).