Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

येनैव स्थापितो देवः पूज्यते वर्षसंख्यया । तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि रुद्रलोके स पूज्यते

Transliteration

yenaiva sthāpito devaḥ pūjyate varṣasaṃkhyayā | tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi rudraloke sa pūjyate

Translation

Autant d’années que la divinité, une fois installée par quelqu’un, est adorée, autant de milliers d’années elle est honorée dans le monde de Rudra.

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे साधारण-प्रयोगः; तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करणे/हेतौ), एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular: 'by/with which')

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis)

• स्थापितः: (having been) installed
• स्थापितः: Visheshana (Predicate participle/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → स्थापयति; स्थापित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः

• देवः: the deity
• देवः: Karma (Object in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• पूज्यते: is worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive); प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• वर्षसंख्यया: by (a) number of years
• वर्षसंख्यया: Karana (Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (वर्षाणां संख्या); स्त्रीलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Instrumental: 'by the count of years')

• तावत्: so many/that many
• तावत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-विशेषणम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; 'इतावन्ति' इत्यर्थे

• वर्षसहस्राणि: thousands of years
• वर्षसहस्राणि: Adhikarana (Extent/काल-परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (वर्षाणां सहस्राणि); नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural: 'thousands of years')

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (रुद्रस्य लोकः); पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• सः: he/that one (the worshipper)
• सः: Karma (Object in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• पूज्यते: is honored/worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive); प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpavara-śreṣṭha (king addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A patron installs a Śiva-deity (liṅga or mūrti) with priests performing pratiṣṭhā rites; above, a vision of Rudra-loka where the patron is honored for thousands of years.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Deva (installed deity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supporting enduring worship (by installing a deity) multiplies merit, yielding prolonged honor and exalted status in Rudra’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a single named tīrtha; the verse praises the act of installing a deity and sustaining worship within the sacred landscape of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deva-sthāpana (installation/consecration) and continued pūjā over years; the merit is described in a phala-śruti style.