Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

स्वर्गलोके वसेत्तावद्यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम् । शूलपाणेस्तु भक्त्या वै जाप्यं कुर्वन्ति ये नराः

Transliteration

svargaloke vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasamplavam | śūlapāṇestu bhaktyā vai jāpyaṃ kurvanti ye narāḥ

Translation

Il demeure au séjour céleste tant que ne survient pas la dissolution cosmique des êtres. Ceux qui, avec dévotion au Seigneur au trident, accomplissent le japa, obtiennent ce mérite.

Word by Word

• स्वर्गलोके: in the heaven-world
• स्वर्गलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गस्य लोकः)

• वसेत्: would dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (correlative: 'so long')

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (correlative: 'as long as')

• आभूतसम्प्लवम्: up to the cosmic dissolution
• आभूतसम्प्लवम्: Karma (Extent/कर्म-पर्यन्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + भूत + सम्प्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (आ- उपसर्गार्थे: 'up to the dissolution of beings')

• शूलपाणेः: of Śūlapāṇi (Śiva)
• शूलपाणेः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शूलः पाणौ यस्य/शूलं पाणौ)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• वै: certainly
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• जाप्यम्: japa (to be recited)
• जाप्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाप्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; भावे-यत्/ण्यम् (that which is to be muttered)

• कुर्वन्ति: do/perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified teacher (Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in meditation on a riverbank, counting rudrākṣa beads, with Śiva as Śūlapāṇi appearing in a luminous vision; above, celestial realms symbolizing long-lasting svarga.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śūlapāṇi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady japa performed with devotion to Śiva yields vast merit and exalted post-mortem attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā sacred landscape frames these practices and their fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti-yukta japa dedicated to Śūlapāṇi (Śiva).