Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

पुष्करान्ताश्च ये द्वीपा ये च सप्तमहार्णवाः । लोकालोकं महाशैलं सर्वं च पुरतः स्थितम्

Transliteration

puṣkarāntāśca ye dvīpā ye ca saptamahārṇavāḥ | lokālokaṃ mahāśailaṃ sarvaṃ ca purataḥ sthitam

Translation

ಅವನು ಪುಷ್ಕರಾಂತವರೆಗೆ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿದ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳನ್ನೂ, ಏಳು ಮಹಾರ್ಣವಗಳನ್ನೂ ಕಂಡನು; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಲೋಕಾಲೋಕ ಮಹಾಶೈಲವನ್ನು—ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಅವನ ಮುಂದೆಯೇ ಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿತ್ತು।

Word by Word

• puṣkara-antāḥ: ending with Puṣkara
• puṣkara-antāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — विशेषणम् (dvīpāḥ); ‘पुष्करः अन्तः येषाम्’ (ending with Puṣkara)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• ye: which
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• dvīpāḥ: continents/islands
• dvīpāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ye: which
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• sapta-mahā-ārṇavāḥ: the seven great oceans
• sapta-mahā-ārṇavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ārṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘सप्त महान्तः आर्णवाः’

• loka-alokam: Lokāloka (mountain)
• loka-alokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + aloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — (नाम) Lokāloka (mountain)

• mahā-śailam: great mountain
• mahā-śailam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — समस्तवस्तुसमाहारः

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• purataḥ: in front
• purataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘in front’

• sthitam: standing; situated
• sthitam: Karma (Object state/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘standing/placed’ (sarvam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (as cosmographic marker; also terrestrial Pushkar tīrtha by name)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before the Lord stands a grand cosmic tableau: concentric continents up to Puṣkara, seven encircling oceans of different hues, and the colossal Lokāloka mountain like a ring-wall at the edge of light.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• Seven oceans (saptamahārṇava)
• Lokāloka mountain

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic cosmos is envisioned as sacred and structured; contemplating it cultivates humility and devotion to the Lord who upholds it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara is referenced as a cosmographic limit; no specific Revā tīrtha is praised in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.