Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

रुद्रलोके वसेत्तावद्यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् । एवं स्नानं जपो होमः स्वाध्यायो देवतार्चनम्

Transliteration

rudraloke vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasaṃplavam | evaṃ snānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam

Translation

അവൻ മഹാപ്രളയം വരെയും രുദ്രലോകത്തിൽ വസിക്കും. അതുപോലെ സ്നാനം, ജപം, ഹോമം, സ്വാധ്യായം, ദേവതാര്ച്ചനയും (ഫലപ്രദമാകുന്നു).

Word by Word

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; रुद्रस्य लोकः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• वसेत्: should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक (correlative: ‘so long’)

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्धे अवधिवाचक (‘as long as’)

• आभूतसंप्लवम्: up to the cosmic dissolution
• आभूतसंप्लवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-भूत-संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; आ (अव्यय) + भूतसंप्लवः = ‘भूतसंप्लवपर्यन्तम्’ इत्यर्थे अव्ययीभावः

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• जपः: recitation (japa)
• जपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• होमः: fire-offering
• होमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• स्वाध्यायः: self-study (scriptural recitation)
• स्वाध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• देवतार्चनम्: worship of the deity/deities
• देवतार्चनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता-अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; देवतायाः अर्चनम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Unspecified Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devatīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a Narmadā/Revā ford performs ritual bathing at dawn; nearby a small homa-kuṇḍa smokes; the pilgrim recites mantras with a rosary, studies palm-leaf scripture, and offers flowers to a liṅga shrine; above, a subtle vision of Rudraloka (Śiva’s luminous realm) is hinted.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Devatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice is holistic: purification, mantra, sacrifice, study, and worship together lead to exalted post-mortem attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage continues the glorification of Devatīrtha on the Revā/Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna, japa, homa, svādhyāya, and devatā-arcana are explicitly listed.