Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

अक्षयश्चाव्ययश्चैव वस त्वं वै यथासुखम् । ततो निवारयामास रुद्रः सप्तशिखं तदा

Transliteration

akṣayaścāvyayaścaiva vasa tvaṃ vai yathāsukham | tato nivārayāmāsa rudraḥ saptaśikhaṃ tadā

Translation

«Sois impérissable et sans déclin ; demeure à ton gré, dans la quiétude». Alors Rudra, en ce temps-là, retint Saptashikha.

Word by Word

• अक्षयः: imperishable
• अक्षयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (Conjunction)

• अव्ययः: unchanging
• अव्ययः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (Conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (Emphatic particle)

• वस: dwell, stay
• वस: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम/मध्यम-प्रयोगे सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: surely
• वै: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक निपात (Emphatic particle)

• यथासुखम्: as you please, comfortably
• यथासुखम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (Adverb)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Ablatival adverb: 'thereupon/from that')

• निवारयामास: restrained, prevented
• निवारयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वॄ (धातु) (causative: निवारयति)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रत्यय (Causative)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सप्तशिखम्: the seven-peaked (one)
• सप्तशिखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + शिख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (सप्त शिखाः यस्य/सप्तशिखम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (Temporal adverb)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narration continuing the episode)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra, calm yet formidable, pronounces ‘akṣaya, avyaya’ and with a controlling gesture checks Saptashikha, halting his momentum.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Saptashikha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord grants stability and well-being (akṣaya/avyaya) and also sets cosmic boundaries by restraining destructive forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse prepares the narrative for the geographic settling of Tripura’s fiery remnants, which later become identifiable sacred sites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative of boons and divine intervention.