Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

कालं युगसहस्रान्तं पुत्रपौत्रसमन्विताः । सत्यलोके च तिष्ठन्ति यावत्संजायते जगत्

Transliteration

kālaṃ yugasahasrāntaṃ putrapautrasamanvitāḥ | satyaloke ca tiṣṭhanti yāvatsaṃjāyate jagat

Translation

ആയിരം യുഗങ്ങളുടെ അവസാനം വരെയുള്ള കാലം, പുത്രപൗത്രസഹിതം അവർ സത്യലോകത്തിൽ വസിക്കുന്നു—ജഗത്ത് വീണ്ടും ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്നതുവരെ।

Word by Word

• कालम्: for a time
• कालम्: Karma (Object/Measure/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; काल-परिमाणम् (duration)

• युग-सहस्र-अन्तम्: up to the end of a thousand yugas
• युग-सहस्र-अन्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—‘युगसहस्रस्य अन्तः’ (up to the end of a thousand yugas)

• पुत्र-पौत्र-समन्विताः: accompanied by sons and grandsons
• पुत्र-पौत्र-समन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—‘पुत्रैः पौत्रैश्च समन्विताः’ (endowed/ accompanied)

• सत्यलोके: in Satyaloka
• सत्यलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• तिष्ठन्ति: they remain
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Sambandha (Limit/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: पर्यन्तवाचक-अव्यय (until/as long as)

• संजायते: is born/arises
• संजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• जगत्: the world/universe
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Revā-khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satyaloka (Brahmaloka)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In Satyaloka, serene sages with their descendants dwell in a radiant, timeless pavilion for a thousand-yuga span; below, the universe dissolves and later re-emerges like a lotus opening again.

Characters & Entities

• Satyaloka
• Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit and spiritual status can grant stability across vast cosmic time, reflecting the Purāṇic view of cyclical creation and dissolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the focus is on cosmic time and Satyaloka rather than a river-site or shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; it describes the fruit (phala) of elevated spiritual standing.