Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

अस्मात्स्थानाद्गतावावां यमस्य पुरमुत्तमम् । पृथिव्या दक्षिणे भागे ह्यतीत्य बहुयोनिजम्

Transliteration

asmātsthānādgatāvāvāṃ yamasya puramuttamam | pṛthivyā dakṣiṇe bhāge hyatītya bahuyonijam

Translation

ពីទីនេះ យើងទាំងពីរ​ចេញដំណើរ​ទៅកាន់​នគរដ៏ប្រសើរ​របស់​ព្រះយមរាជ; ឆ្លងកាត់​តំបន់ជាច្រើន​នៃ​កំណើតនានា ហើយមុខទៅកាន់​ភាគខាងត្បូង​នៃ​ផែនដី។

Word by Word

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थानात्: from the place
• स्थानात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• गतौ: having gone
• गतौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• आवाम्: we two
• आवाम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual)

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुरम्: city
• पुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier) of पुरम्

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• पृथिव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दक्षिणे: in the southern
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of भागे

• भागे: region/part
• भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• अतीत्य: having passed beyond
• अतीत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति-इ (धातु) → अतीत्य (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• बहुयोनिजम्: born of many wombs/species; of many origins
• बहुयोनिजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + योनिज (प्रातिपदिक); योनिज = योनि + ज (जन्-धातुजन्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of पुरम्

Speaker

The two dānavas in crow-form (reporting to the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two travelers depart a sacred spot and move southward across uncanny regions of many births, approaching the radiant yet awe-inspiring city of Yama on the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Yamapura
• Earth (southern region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma presents a structured moral cosmos—journeys and realms reflect karmic order, against which tīrtha-grace later stands out.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the journey is part of the broader Śukla Tīrtha narrative in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the route toward Yamapura.