Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

विलीनं पार्थ कालेन कियतेशप्रसादतः । ततो देवैः समं देवस्तत्तीर्थमगमद्धरः

Transliteration

vilīnaṃ pārtha kālena kiyateśaprasādataḥ | tato devaiḥ samaṃ devastattīrthamagamaddharaḥ

Translation

Ô Pārtha, avec le temps—par la grâce d’Īśa—cette obscurité se résorba. Alors Hara, le Dieu, se rendit à ce tīrtha avec les dieux.

Word by Word

• विलीनम्: dissolved, merged
• विलीनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ली (धातु) → विलीन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP (past passive participle)

• पार्थ: O Pārtha (Arjuna)
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; Vocative

• कालेन: by time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; Instrumental

• कियतेशप्रसादतः: due to the Lord’s grace (of some measure)
• कियतेशप्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कियत् (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ईशस्य प्रसादः), तस्मात्/पञ्चमी-अव्ययीभावार्थे 'तः' (Ablative sense), एकवचन; Ablative

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), बहुवचन; Instrumental (saha-artha)

• समम्: together, along with
• समम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद-सम्बन्धे 'समम्' = 'सह/समं' (adverbial)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; Nominative

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; Pronoun used adjectivally

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative

• अगमत्: went
• अगमत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; aorist/imperf. sense: 'went'

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; Nominative

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Pārtha/Arjuna in a framed narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha (contextual emergence; named explicitly next verse)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The darkness dissolves by Īśa’s grace; Śiva (Hara) proceeds to the tīrtha accompanied by the gods, suggesting a luminous procession toward a river-ford sanctified by divine presence.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Īśa (Śiva)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Devas
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification culminates in īśa-prasāda (divine grace), affirming that grace and practice together complete the removal of inner darkness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

‘That tīrtha’ on the Revā/Narmadā bank—important enough that Śiva comes there with the devas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes time, tapas, and divine grace as the mechanism of cleansing.