Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

इन्द्रेण सहिताः सर्वेऽपूजयंल्लोकसिद्धये । हृष्टचित्ताः सुराः सर्वे जग्मुराकाशमण्डलम्

Transliteration

indreṇa sahitāḥ sarve'pūjayaṃllokasiddhaye | hṛṣṭacittāḥ surāḥ sarve jagmurākāśamaṇḍalam

Translation

ഇന്ദ്രനോടുകൂടെ എല്ലാവരും ലോകസിദ്ധിക്കും ക്ഷേമത്തിനുമായി (ശിവനെ) പൂജിച്ചു; പിന്നെ ഹൃഷ്ടചിത്തരായി സർവ്വദേവന്മാർ ആകാശമണ്ഡലത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി।

Word by Word

• इन्द्रेण: with Indra / by Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Sahakāraka/Instrument (सह/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• सहिताः: accompanied (by)
• सहिताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक) (√सह + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying सर्वे/सुराः)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• अपूजयन्: they worshipped
• अपूजयन्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; उपसर्गः अ- (augment)

• लोक-सिद्धये: for the accomplishment/benefit of the world
• लोक-सिद्धये: Sampradāna (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोकस्य सिद्धिः)

• हृष्ट-चित्ताः: joyful-minded
• हृष्ट-चित्ताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (हृष्टं चित्तं येषाम्/हृष्टचित्ताः) विशेषणम् (qualifying सुराः)

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• जग्मुः: they went
• जग्मुः: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; धातुः गम् → जग्मुः

• आकाश-मण्डलम्: the sphere/region of the sky
• आकाश-मण्डलम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आकाशस्य मण्डलम्)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karoḍī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra and the devas, having bathed, offer worship to Śiva at the riverbank shrine; their faces brighten, and they ascend into the sky, leaving the tirtha empowered.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devas
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the gods model worship as an act aimed at lokakalyāṇa—welfare and stability for the world—centering Śiva as the source of siddhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The consecrated Śiva site in the Karoḍīśvara-māhātmya sequence of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) directed toward Śiva for lokasiddhi (worldly success/welfare).