Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

समाप्ते नियमे तात स्थापयित्वा महेश्वरम् । वन्द्यमानः सुरैः सार्द्धं कैलासमगमत्प्रभुः

Transliteration

samāpte niyame tāta sthāpayitvā maheśvaram | vandyamānaḥ suraiḥ sārddhaṃ kailāsamagamatprabhuḥ

Translation

行が成就したとき、愛しき者よ、そこでマヘーシュヴァラを安置し、諸天に讃えられる主は彼らと共にカイラーサへ赴かれた。

Word by Word

• समाप्ते: when (it was) completed
• समाप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (locative singular; adjectival)

• नियमे: in the observance; in the vow
• नियमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc., locative singular)

• तात: O dear (one), O father
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन (vocative singular)

• स्थापयित्वा: having installed
• स्थापयित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) [णिच्: स्थापय-]
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) causative; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having installed/established)

• महेश्वरम्: Maheshvara (Great Lord Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् ईश्वरः) (masc., accusative singular)

• वन्द्यमानः: being praised/worshipped
• वन्द्यमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वन्द् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (शानच्/मान), प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग (present passive participle; masc., nominative singular)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masc., instrumental plural)

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahārtha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपपद (indeclinable meaning 'together with')

• कैलासम्: to Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc., accusative singular)

• अगमत्: went
• अगमत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular imperfect)

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc., nominative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextually within Revā Khaṇḍa narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maheśvara-sthāpanā at Arbuda (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord completes austerities, installs Maheśvara (liṅga/Īśvara presence) at the site; devas gather in reverence; then a celestial departure toward Kailāsa with divine retinue.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Devas (Suras)
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity culminates in sacred establishment—installing Maheśvara—and the devotee’s path is affirmed by divine recognition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is referenced as Śiva’s supreme abode; the verse also implies a sanctified locale where Maheśvara was installed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sthāpana/pratiṣṭhā of Maheśvara (establishing Śiva) after completing niyama/tapas as a consecratory act.