Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

कालेन गच्छता तस्य प्रसन्नोऽभवदीश्वरः । प्रादादिहामुत्रिकीं तु शुद्धिं सालोक्यमात्मकम्

Transliteration

kālena gacchatā tasya prasanno'bhavadīśvaraḥ | prādādihāmutrikīṃ tu śuddhiṃ sālokyamātmakam

Translation

Als die Zeit verging, wurde der Herr ihm gnädig und verlieh ihm Reinheit in dieser Welt und in der jenseitigen — eine Reinheit, die in sālokya gipfelt, dem Wohnen im selben göttlichen Bereich.

Word by Word

• कालेन: with time; as time (passed)
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• गच्छता: going; passing
• गच्छता: Karana (Instrumental absolute-like/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; धातु: गम्; ‘गच्छता (कालेन)’ = ‘as time was going’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine/neuter), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्

• अभवत्: became; was
• अभवत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: भू

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• प्रादात्: gave
• प्रादात्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (अद्यतनभूत/Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: दा, उपसर्ग: प्र

• इहामुत्रिकीम्: pertaining to this world and the next
• इहामुत्रिकीम्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इह (अव्यय) + अमुत्र (अव्यय) + इक (तद्धित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्; समासः: इह + अमुत्र (उभयार्थसमुच्चय) + तद्धित ‘-इक’ = इहामुत्रिक (this-world-and-next-world)

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• शुद्धिम्: purity; purification
• शुद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• सालोक्यम्: salokya (dwelling in the same realm)
• सालोक्यम्: Karma (Apposition/object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह) + लोक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः: स-लोक्य = समानलोकत्वम् (sharing the same world/realm)

• आत्मकम्: consisting of; having the nature of
• आत्मकम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifies ‘सालोक्यम्’/‘शुद्धिम्’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tapas-associated tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord appears or is felt as a radiant presence above the riverbank ascetic; light descends, washing him in purity; a vision of the divine realm is hinted—celestial architecture or luminous mandala—signifying sālokya.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva, implied)
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and disciplined dharma performed over time draws divine grace, yielding both worldly purification and otherworldly attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha setting of the Tilādeśvara māhātmya in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it states the result: īśvara-prasāda leading to ihāmutrika-śuddhi and sālokya.