Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

क्रियाप्रवर्तिताः सर्वे देवगन्धर्वमानुषाः । हृष्टतुष्टा गताः सर्वे स्वमाश्रमपदं महत्

Transliteration

kriyāpravartitāḥ sarve devagandharvamānuṣāḥ | hṛṣṭatuṣṭā gatāḥ sarve svamāśramapadaṃ mahat

Translation

Mis en mouvement par le rite, tous—dieux, gandharvas et humains—s’en allèrent, joyeux et comblés, chacun retournant à sa grande demeure d’āśrama.

Word by Word

• kriyā-pravartitāḥ: set in motion by the rite/action
• kriyā-pravartitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक) + pra√vṛt (धातु) + -ita (कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रायः -ita), विशेषण; समासः षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः ‘क्रियया प्रवर्तिताः’

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• deva-gandharva-mānuṣāḥ: gods, gandharvas, and humans
• deva-gandharva-mānuṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + gandharva (प्रातिपदिक) + mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (देवाश्च गन्धर्वाश्च मानुषाश्च)

• hṛṣṭa-tuṣṭāḥ: delighted and satisfied
• hṛṣṭa-tuṣṭāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + tuṣṭa (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (हृष्टाश्च तुष्टाश्च)

• gatāḥ: went
• gatāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + gata (कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘गत’—क्रियाविशेषण/विधेय-रूपेण (perfective: ‘went/have gone’)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; पुनरुक्त-विशेषण

• svam: their own
• svam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; स्वकीय-विशेषण

• āśrama-padam: the hermitage-abode
• āśrama-padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक) + pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (आश्रमस्य पदम्/स्थानम्)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (आश्रमपदम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māṇḍavya-āśrama (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (Janamejaya/epic addressee style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred hermitage clearing after a completed rite: fire-altar embers, offerings, and assembled devas, gandharvas, and humans departing in orderly streams, faces serene and satisfied; the āśrama huts and trees remain calm in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Mānuṣas (humans)
• Āśramas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed action (kriyā) restores harmony across realms, leaving beings uplifted and at peace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is stated; the verse describes the aftermath of a sanctifying act within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse alludes generally to kriyā (rite) as the catalyst; it does not specify a particular mantra or offering.