Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

वत्सरान् सुबहून् यावदुपासांचक्र ईश्वरम् । तावत्तुष्टो महादेव आजगाम सहोमया

Transliteration

vatsarān subahūn yāvadupāsāṃcakra īśvaram | tāvattuṣṭo mahādeva ājagāma sahomayā

Translation

Durant de très nombreuses années, il adora le Seigneur. Alors Mahādeva, satisfait, vint en ce lieu avec Umā.

Word by Word

• vatsarān: years
• vatsarān: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) बहुवचनम्; कालपरिमाणे (for years)

• subahūn: very many
• subahūn: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; vatsarān विशेषयति

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्धे (as long as/for so long)

• upāsām: worship/service
• upāsām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upāsā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) एकवचनम्

• cakra: performed/did
• cakra: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• īśvaram: the Lord
• īśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) एकवचनम्

• tāvat: then/for that long
• tāvat: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्धे (then/for that long)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tuṣ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम्; महादेवस्य विशेषणम् (pleased)

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमासः; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता) एकवचनम्

• ājagāma: came
• ājagāma: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सह (with)

• umayā: with Umā
• umayā: Sahakāraka (Companion/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण-सह) एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā saṅgama-dhyāna-sthala (contextual)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After many years of worship on the riverbank, Mahādeva appears, accompanied by Umā—an epiphany scene with radiant aura, the devotee in humble posture, the confluence as luminous backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Umā (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, long-term upāsanā bears fruit: divine grace manifests when devotion and discipline mature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā/Revā bank setting is implied as the sacred stage where austerity culminates in darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sustained upāsanā (devotional worship) over many years.