Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

आत्मना सह भोगांश्च विविधान् लभते सुखी । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि क्रीडते सुरपूजितः

Transliteration

ātmanā saha bhogāṃśca vividhān labhate sukhī | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi krīḍate surapūjitaḥ

Translation

അവൻ സന്തോഷത്തോടെ തന്റെ പുണ്യത്തിന് അനുയോജ്യമായ വിവിധ ഭോഗങ്ങൾ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; ദേവന്മാർ പൂജിക്കുന്നവനായി സ്വർഗത്തിൽ അറുപതിനായിരം വർഷങ്ങൾ ക്രീഡിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ātmanā: with oneself
• ātmanā: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• saha: together with
• saha: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-शब्दः (indeclinable postposition)

• bhogān: enjoyments
• bhogān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• vividhān: various
• vividhān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (bhogān इति विशेष्ये)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (लभ्)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्

• sukhī: happy
• sukhī: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (कर्ता-विशेषण)

• ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi: sixty thousand years
• ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi: Karma (Extent/duration/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्; संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुषसमासः (षष्टिः वर्षाणि = षष्टिवर्ष; तेषां सहस्राणि)

• krīḍate: sports, plays
• krīḍate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √krīḍ (क्रीड्)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्

• sura-pūjitaḥ: worshipped by the gods
• sura-pūjitaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjita (कृदन्त; √pūj पूज् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (सुरैः पूजितः)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda Purāṇa voice) addressing a Pāṇḍava interlocutor (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial scene: the merit-holder welcomed by devas, garlanded, entering svarga gardens; apsaras and divine music; the pilgrim’s earlier riverbank rite shown as a small vignette below.

Characters & Entities

• Suras (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous ancestral worship at a sacred place is said to yield powerful merit culminating in heavenly enjoyment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha context (Revā/Narmadā region) within Āvantya-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse continues the phala (result) of prior pitṛ rites; it emphasizes the promised svarga-fruit rather than adding a new procedure.