Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ते यान्ति भास्करे लोके परमे दुःखनाशने । भास्करादैश्वरे लोके चैश्वरादनिवर्तके

Transliteration

te yānti bhāskare loke parame duḥkhanāśane | bhāskarādaiśvare loke caiśvarādanivartake

Translation

Ils vont au royaume de Bhāskara (le Soleil), suprême destructeur de la souffrance ; puis, du royaume du Soleil, au royaume de la Seigneurie—à celui d’où nul ne revient.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• भास्करे: in Bhāskara (Sun) [world]
• भास्करे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/Locative) एकवचनम्

• लोके: world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्

• परमे: supreme
• परमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• दुःख-नाशने: in the destroyer of sorrow
• दुःख-नाशने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘दुःखस्य नाशनः’)

• भास्करात्: from Bhāskara (Sun)
• भास्करात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचनम्

• ऐश्वरे: in the lordly/sovereign
• ऐश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• लोके: world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• ऐश्वरात्: from Īśvara/lordship
• ऐश्वरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th) एकवचनम्

• अनिवर्तके: in the non-returning (place)
• अनिवर्तके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिवर्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā-tīrtha-pañcaka (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous path rises from the Narmadā ghāṭa to a radiant solar orb (Bhāskara-loka), then to a higher, regal ‘aiśvarya’ realm symbolized by a jeweled city in the sky, ending in a gate marked ‘anivartaka’.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Bhāskara-loka
• Aiśvara-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit is framed not only as worldly blessing but as a trajectory toward higher lokas and ultimately a non-returning spiritual state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The fruit is attributed to those connected with the Narmadā tīrtha-pañcaka praised in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it states the posthumous/phala outcomes of the tīrtha merit.