Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तोषयन् वै जगन्नाथं ततो यातो हि सद्गतिम्

Transliteration

toṣayan vai jagannāthaṃ tato yāto hi sadgatim

Translation

Ayant véritablement comblé Jagannātha, il atteignit alors, en vérité, la bonne et bienheureuse destinée.

Word by Word

• तोषयन्: pleasing, satisfying
• तोषयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तोषय् (धातु √तुष्, णिच्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; परस्मैपदी; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुल्लिङ्ग (कर्तरि प्रयोगः) — Present active participle (śatṛ), nominative singular masculine

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• जगन्नाथम्: Jagannātha (Lord of the world)
• जगन्नाथम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Accusative singular masculine; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथः)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana/Temporal (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय (ततः = तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्) — adverb ‘then/from there’

• यातः: went, having gone
• यातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु √या)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle); प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुल्लिङ्ग — Past participle ‘gone’, nominative singular masculine

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (reason/emphasis)

• सद्गतिम्: good destination, blessed state
• सद्गतिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Accusative singular feminine; समासः कर्मधारयः (सत्-गति = शुभा/उत्तमा गति)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dārutīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, having completed worship, stands with folded hands before a cosmic ‘Jagannātha’ presence; the atmosphere suggests a transition to a luminous ‘sadgati’ path.

Characters & Entities

• Jagannātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pleasing the Lord through sincere devotion culminates in sadgati—an auspicious, spiritually elevated end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement functions as a merit-result within the Dārutīrtha narrative of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the emphasis is on toṣa (divine satisfaction) through devotion.