Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

वासस्तेषां शिवे लोके मत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यति । वृषखाते नरः स्नात्वा पूजयित्वा महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

vāsasteṣāṃ śive loke matprasādādbhaviṣyati | vṛṣakhāte naraḥ snātvā pūjayitvā maheśvaram

Translation

Par Ma grâce, leur demeure sera dans le monde de Śiva. Et l’homme qui se baigne à Vṛṣakhāta et vénère Maheśvara…

Word by Word

• वासः: dwelling/abode
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• शिवे: auspicious; of Śiva
• शिवे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘लोके’ इति विशेषण

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• मत्प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘मम प्रसादः’), अपादान-भावे

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वृषखाते: at Vṛṣakhāta (the ‘bull’s pit’ place)
• वृषखाते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष + खात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘वृषस्य खातम्’ = ‘bull’s pit/cleft’ नामस्थानम्)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having bathed’

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having worshipped’

• महेश्वरम्: Mahēśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛṣakhāta (within Bhṛgukṣetra)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhṛgu / viprendra interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-part tableau: (1) subtle depiction of tiny creatures ascending toward a luminous Śiva-loka; (2) a pilgrim bathing at Vṛṣakhāta and offering worship to Maheśvara at a riverside shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-loka
• Vṛṣakhāta
• Maheśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the smallest beings are uplifted by a holy kṣetra, and for humans, snāna and Śiva-pūjā directly orient one toward Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vṛṣakhāta (a named tīrtha/bathing spot) within the Bhṛgukṣetra–Koṭitīrtha sacred complex of Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Vṛṣakhāta followed by pūjā (worship) of Maheśvara.