Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

एवं दत्त्वा वरं तेषां देवदेवो महेश्वरः । जगामाकाशमाविश्य कैलासं धरणीधरम्

Transliteration

evaṃ dattvā varaṃ teṣāṃ devadevo maheśvaraḥ | jagāmākāśamāviśya kailāsaṃ dharaṇīdharam

Translation

Ainsi, après leur avoir accordé la grâce, Maheśvara—Dieu des dieux—s’éleva dans le ciel et gagna Kailāsa, la montagne qui soutient la terre.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा-धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having given’

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: to them/for them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• देव-देवः: God of gods
• देव-देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (devānāṃ devaḥ)

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (the Great Lord)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘महान् ईश्वरः’)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम्-धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• आकाशम्: to the sky
• आकाशम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आविश्य: having entered
• आविश्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: viś (विश्-धातु) with ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), ‘having entered’

• कैलासम्: Kailasa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Destination/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• धरणी-धरम्: earth-supporting (mountain)
• धरणी-धरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharaṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘धरण्याः धरः’ = mountain); विशेषण (to ‘कैलासम्’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, unspecified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (implied) / Kailāsa (destination)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After granting the boon, Mahēśvara rises into the sky and journeys to Kailāsa—majestic ascent and celestial transit.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After granting protection, the Lord resumes his cosmic station—boons are given without diminishing divine sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is referenced as Śiva’s abode (a sacred mythic geography), while the broader section remains tied to the Revā/Narmadā sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.