Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

यक्षराक्षसगन्धर्वा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः । सर्वे समागतास्तां वै पश्यन्ति ह्यमरेश्वरे

Transliteration

yakṣarākṣasagandharvā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ | sarve samāgatāstāṃ vai paśyanti hyamareśvare

Translation

Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Gandharvas und die an Askese reichen ṛṣis — alle kommen zusammen und schauen jenes heilige Stätte bei Amareśvara.

Word by Word

• यक्ष-राक्षस-गन्धर्वाः: Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, and Gandharvas
• यक्ष-राक्षस-गन्धर्वाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject, coordinated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• तपोधनाः: ascetics rich in austerity
• तपोधनाः: Karta (Apposition to ऋषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रचलितः (those whose wealth is austerity)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the assembled beings)

• समागताः: having assembled
• समागताः: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘समागत’ = assembled/come together

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Emphasis (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed
• हि: Emphasis/Reason (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (for/indeed)

• अमर-ईश्वरे: at the Lord of the immortals (Amareśvara)
• अमर-ईश्वरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अमराणाम् ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amareśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Amareśvara, a grand darśana scene: the liṅga-shrine near the river; gandharvas with instruments, yakṣas as guardians, rākṣasas subdued and reverent, and austere sages with matted hair—all facing the sanctum and the river.

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa
• Rākṣasa
• Gandharva
• Ṛṣi
• Amareśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha draws not only humans but multiple orders of beings; its sanctity is recognized across worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amareśvara, a Śaiva sacred locus in the Revā Khaṇḍa context, associated with beholding the sacred river/place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on darśana—beholding the sacred presence at Amareśvara.