Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

तिष्ठन्ति भवने तस्य प्रेषणे प्रार्थयन्ति च । दिव्यभोगैः सुसम्पन्नः क्रीडते कालम्

Transliteration

tiṣṭhanti bhavane tasya preṣaṇe prārthayanti ca | divyabhogaiḥ susampannaḥ krīḍate kālam

Translation

They remain in his palace, await his command, and entreat him as well. Endowed with divine enjoyments, he passes his time in delight.

Word by Word

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand, remain
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• भवने: in the house
• भवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• प्रेषणे: at (his) command
• प्रेषणे: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• प्रार्थयन्ति: request, entreat
• प्रार्थयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्थ् (धातु) (प्र + अर्थ्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• दिव्यभोगैः: with divine enjoyments
• दिव्यभोगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य + भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (दिव्याः भोगाः)

• सुसम्पन्नः: well-endowed, fully furnished
• सुसम्पन्नः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + सम्पन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम् + पद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण

• क्रीडते: sports, plays, enjoys
• क्रीडते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• कालम्: time
• कालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced: purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial-like palace scene: the beneficiary seated as lord, surrounded by many maidens offering service; the sacred place is implied as the causal background, with divine enjoyments (divya-bhoga) symbolized by garlands, perfumes, and music.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text continues the māhātmya’s phala-śruti, portraying the tīrtha’s merit as bestowing abundant, even ‘divine,’ enjoyments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā tīrtha context in Revā Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 21.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it concludes a description of resultant enjoyments (phala).