Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

गच्छ पुण्यतमांल्लोकान्भुंक्ष्व राजन्यसत्तम । यावदिंद्रश्च नाकेऽस्ति यावत्सूर्यो नभस्तले

Transliteration

gaccha puṇyatamāṃllokānbhuṃkṣva rājanyasattama | yāvadiṃdraśca nāke'sti yāvatsūryo nabhastale

Translation

«Va vers les mondes les plus méritoires et jouis des fruits de tes vertus, ô le meilleur des rois—tant qu’Indra demeure au ciel et tant que le soleil brille dans la voûte céleste.»

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperative, 2nd person, singular, active

• पुण्यतमान्: most meritorious
• पुण्यतमान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तमप्-प्रत्यय (superlative) — Masculine, Accusative, Plural, superlative

• लोकान्: worlds, realms
• लोकान्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भुङ्क्ष्व: enjoy
• भुङ्क्ष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Imperative, 2nd person, singular, middle

• राजन्यसत्तम: O best of kings/warriors
• राजन्यसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्य+सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kala-avadhi (Time limit/कालावधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/काल-सीमा सूचक) — indeclinable expressing limit ‘as long as’

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नाके: in heaven
• नाके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अस्ति: is, exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Present, 3rd person, singular, active

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kala-avadhi (Time limit/कालावधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/काल-सीमा सूचक) — indeclinable expressing limit ‘as long as’

• सूर्यः: the sun
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नभस्तले: in the expanse of the sky
• नभस्तले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्+तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

Yama (Dharmarāja)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (implied source of merit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama pronounces a boon-like command; behind him, a vision of luminous puṇya-lokas with Indra’s heaven and the sun’s chariot symbolizing cosmic continuity.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Indra
• Sun (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit and devotion can overturn prior fear and grant exalted states; dharma rewards are real and time-spanning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in the verse; it is consistent with Kedāra māhātmya’s theme of extraordinary fruit arising from Śiva-connection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a boon/command to enjoy puṇya-lokas.