Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मं च पदमक्लिष्टं वैष्णवं तदनन्तरम् । उमारुद्रं महाभाग ऐश्वरं तदनन्तरम्

Transliteration

brāhmaṃ ca padamakliṣṭaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tadanantaram | umārudraṃ mahābhāga aiśvaraṃ tadanantaram

Translation

Vient ensuite le séjour sans tache de Brahmā, puis le séjour de Viṣṇu ; puis le séjour d’Umā‑Rudra, ô toi le très fortuné, et ensuite le séjour Aiśvara.

Word by Word

• brāhmam: Brahmic; pertaining to Brahmā/Brahman
• brāhmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brāhma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (neuter nom/acc sg, adjectival)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• padam: state; position; abode
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• akliṣṭam: untroubled; untainted
• akliṣṭam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kliṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक (neuter nom/acc sg; negated)

• vaiṣṇavam: Vaiṣṇava; pertaining to Viṣṇu
• vaiṣṇavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter nom/acc sg)

• tad: that
• tad: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (neuter nom/acc sg pronoun)

• anantaram: immediately after; next
• anantaram: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial use: 'immediately after')

• umārudram: Umā and Rudra (the Umā-Rudra state)
• umārudram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā + rudra (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास (इतरेतर), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• mahābhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन (masc voc sg)

• aiśvaram: lordly; pertaining to Īśvara
• aiśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aiśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter nom/acc sg)

• tad: that
• tad: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (neuter nom/acc sg pronoun)

• anantaram: immediately after; next
• anantaram: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial: 'thereafter')

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary ladder of realms: Brahmā’s luminous satyaloka, Viṣṇu’s vaikuṇṭha radiance, Umā-Rudra’s kailāsa-like majesty, and an Aiśvara sphere of sovereign splendor—shown as successive mandalas above a river-tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā-loka
• Viṣṇu-loka
• Umā-Rudra (Śiva)
• Īśvara (Aiśvara-pada)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya frames spiritual ascent as progressive attainment of purer divine states culminating in Śaiva transcendence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amarakaṇṭaka, whose merit is said to lead beyond ordinary heavens to higher divine abodes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it continues the graded description of realms attained by the tīrtha’s power.