Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । त्वं भद्रे शुद्धदेहासि मा किंचिदनुशोचिथाः । स्वनाम्ना स्थापयित्वेह मां ततः स्वर्गमेष्यसि

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tvaṃ bhadre śuddhadehāsi mā kiṃcidanuśocithāḥ | svanāmnā sthāpayitveha māṃ tataḥ svargameṣyasi

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „O Gesegnete, dein Körper ist gereinigt; gräme dich keineswegs. Errichte mich hier unter deinem eigenen Namen, und dann wirst du den Himmel erlangen.“

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: the Lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhadre: O auspicious one
• bhadre: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• śuddha-dehā: having a purified body
• śuddha-dehā: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक) + deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक कण (prohibitive particle)

• kiṃcit: anything, at all
• kiṃcit: Viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: अनिश्चितपरिमाणवाचक अव्यय (indefinite adverbial ‘at all’)

• anuśocithāḥ: grieve
• anuśocithāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-śuc (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative; prohibitive with mā), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• sva-nāmnā: by (your) own name
• sva-nāmnā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासार्थः—‘स्वेन नाम्ना’ (by your own name)

• sthāpayitvā: having established
• sthāpayitvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-प्रयोगार्थ

• iha: here
• iha: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Apādāna-adhikaraṇa (sequence/source adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अपादानार्थक अव्यय (then/from there)

• svargam: heaven
• svargam: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• eṣyasi: you will go
• eṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prospective Alikā-nāma Śiva-sthāna (name implied by ‘svanāmnā’)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Alikā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva blesses Alikā, declaring her purified and instructing her to establish him there under her own name; a visionary glimpse of a future liṅga/temple may appear in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification culminates in service: establishing a sacred presence of Śiva for the world becomes the devotee’s lasting merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A local Śiva installation-site within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred geography is implied—Śiva instructs founding a named shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā/sthāpanā: installing Śiva ‘here’ and naming the shrine after the devotee.