Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

कुबेरश्च कुबेरेशं यमश्चैव यमेश्वरम् । वरुणो वरुणेशं तु वातो वातेश्वरं नृप

Transliteration

kuberaśca kubereśaṃ yamaścaiva yameśvaram | varuṇo varuṇeśaṃ tu vāto vāteśvaraṃ nṛpa

Translation

Kubera (érigea) Kubereśa ; Yama, de même, (érigea) Yameśvara ; Varuṇa (érigea) Varuṇeśa ; et Vāta (érigea) Vāteśvara, ô Roi.

Word by Word

• कुबेरः: Kubera
• कुबेरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• कुबेरेशम्: Kubera-īśa (lord named after Kubera)
• कुबेरेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; समास: कुबेर + ईश (तत्पुरुष: ‘lord associated with Kubera’)

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; emphatic particle

• यमेश्वरम्: Yameśvara
• यमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; समास: यम + ईश्वर (तत्पुरुष)

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• वरुणेशम्: Varuṇeśa
• वरुणेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; समास: वरुण + ईश (तत्पुरुष)

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle

• वातः: Vāta (Wind)
• वातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• वातेश्वरम्: Vāteśvara
• वातेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; समास: वात + ईश्वर (तत्पुरुष)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

Speaker

Narrator addressing a king/listener (“nṛpa”)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kubereśa / Yameśvara / Varuṇeśa / Vāteśvara (cluster)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kubera, Yama, Varuṇa, and Vāyu each consecrate a liṅga bearing their own epithet—Kubereśa, Yameśvara, Varuṇeśa, Vāteśvara—forming a protective ring of shrines around the sacred area.

Characters & Entities

• Kubera
• Kubereśa
• Yama
• Yameśvara
• Varuṇa
• Varuṇeśa
• Vāta/Vāyu
• Vāteśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places memorialize divine functions: the Lokapālas anchor cosmic order by establishing named forms of Īśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sites/shrines identified by the names Kubereśa, Yameśvara, Varuṇeśa, and Vāteśvara within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied act is sthāpanā (foundation/consecration) of these named Īśvara-forms, though details are not given in this verse.