Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

तिष्ठन्ति भवने तस्य प्रेषणे प्रार्थयन्ति च । दिव्यभोगैः सुसम्पन्नः क्रीडते कालम्

Transliteration

tiṣṭhanti bhavane tasya preṣaṇe prārthayanti ca | divyabhogaiḥ susampannaḥ krīḍate kālam

Translation

അവർ അവന്റെ ഭവനത്തിൽ തന്നെ പാർക്കും; അവന്റെ ആജ്ഞ കാത്തിരിക്കും; വിനയത്തോടെ പ്രാർത്ഥിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും. ദിവ്യഭോഗങ്ങളാൽ സമ്പന്നനായ അവൻ ആനന്ദത്തിൽ കാലം കഴിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

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

• भवने: in the house
• भवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• प्रेषणे: at (his) command
• प्रेषणे: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• प्रार्थयन्ति: request, entreat
• प्रार्थयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्थ् (धातु) (प्र + अर्थ्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• दिव्यभोगैः: with divine enjoyments
• दिव्यभोगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य + भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (दिव्याः भोगाः)

• सुसम्पन्नः: well-endowed, fully furnished
• सुसम्पन्नः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + सम्पन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम् + पद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण

• क्रीडते: sports, plays, enjoys
• क्रीडते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• कालम्: time
• कालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced: purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial-like palace scene: the beneficiary seated as lord, surrounded by many maidens offering service; the sacred place is implied as the causal background, with divine enjoyments (divya-bhoga) symbolized by garlands, perfumes, and music.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text continues the māhātmya’s phala-śruti, portraying the tīrtha’s merit as bestowing abundant, even ‘divine,’ enjoyments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā tīrtha context in Revā Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 21.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it concludes a description of resultant enjoyments (phala).