Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

उपभुज्य यथान्यायं दिव्यान्भोगाननुत्तमान् । इह मानुष्यलोके वै राजा भवति धार्मिकः

Transliteration

upabhujya yathānyāyaṃ divyānbhogānanuttamān | iha mānuṣyaloke vai rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ

Translation

Après avoir joui selon le dharma de plaisirs divins incomparables, il renaît ici, dans le monde des hommes, en roi juste et vertueux.

Word by Word

• उपभुज्य: having enjoyed
• उपभुज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; उपसर्गः उप-; धातुः भुज् (to enjoy)

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative/manner)

• अन्यायम्: injustice (idiomatically: rule/justice)
• अन्यायम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Idiomatic with यथा: according to rule/justice)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘अन्याय’ = injustice (here with यथा = ‘according to justice’, in sense of ‘nyāya’)

• दिव्यान्: divine
• दिव्यान्: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies भोगान्)

• भोगान्: enjoyments, pleasures
• भोगान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन

• अनुत्तमान्: unsurpassed, excellent
• अनुत्तमान्: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies भोगान्)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• मानुष्यलोके: in the human world
• मानुष्यलोके: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष्य-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: मानुष्याणां लोकः

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• राजा: a king
• राजा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• धार्मिकः: righteous
• धार्मिकः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धार्मिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies राजा)

Speaker

Unspecified in this snippet (continuation of tīrtha-phala narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual addressee in Revā Khanda)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completing tīrtha observances on the Narmadā bank; above, celestial pleasures are hinted (apsaras, vimāna), and below, the same soul is shown reborn as a crowned dhārmic king dispensing justice.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puṇya ripens both as celestial enjoyment and as noble rebirth devoted to dharma—linking tīrtha merit to righteous governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha being described in Adhyāya 148; the verse states its phala rather than naming it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it describes the karmic trajectory promised by the tīrtha’s merit.