Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

ययौ देवालयं पश्चादुपहारैः समन्वितः । भक्त्या संचिन्त्य सान्निध्ये शङ्करं लोकशङ्करम्

Transliteration

yayau devālayaṃ paścādupahāraiḥ samanvitaḥ | bhaktyā saṃcintya sānnidhye śaṅkaraṃ lokaśaṅkaram

Translation

Ensuite, muni d’offrandes, il se rendit au temple ; et, dans la dévotion, il médita, en Sa présence même, sur Śaṅkara, le bienfaiteur des mondes.

Word by Word

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धाातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• devālayam: to the temple
• devālayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् आलयः)

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; काल/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb of sequence: afterwards)

• upahāraiḥ: with offerings
• upahāraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचनम्

• samanvitaḥ: endowed/accompanied
• samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-anv-i (धाातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifies implied subject)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचनम्

• saṃcintya: having contemplated
• saṃcintya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-cint (धाातु) + lyap (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप् अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having reflected/considered)

• sānnidhye: in the presence
• sānnidhye: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sānnidhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचनम्

• śaṅkaram: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṅkaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचनम्

• lokaśaṅkaram: benefactor of the world
• lokaśaṅkaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोकस्य शङ्करः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (context of Revākhaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king or devotee, hands filled with offerings, walks into a Śiva temple and stands near the liṅga, eyes lowered in devotion, mentally contemplating Śaṅkara as protector of the worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Devālaya (temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice culminates in darśana and pūjā—purification flowers into devotion before Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śiva devālaya associated with the Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After bathing and rites, proceed to the temple with offerings and meditate on Śiva in devotion.