Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

स याति परमं स्थानं यत्र वासः पिनाकिनः । सर्वसौख्यसमायुक्तोऽप्सरोभिः सह मोदते

Transliteration

sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra vāsaḥ pinākinaḥ | sarvasaukhyasamāyukto'psarobhiḥ saha modate

Translation

അവൻ പരമസ്ഥാനത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; അവിടെ പിനാകിയായ ശിവന്റെ വാസമുണ്ട്. സർവ്വസുഖസമ്പന്നനായി അപ്സരസ്സുകളോടൊപ്പം അവിടെ ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• याति: goes; attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (स्थानम् इति)

• स्थानम्: abode; place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• वासः: dwelling; residence
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पिनाकिनः: of Pinākin (Śiva)
• पिनाकिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• सर्वसौख्यसमायुक्तः: endowed with all happiness
• सर्वसौख्यसमायुक्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्-आ-युक्त (√युज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; समासः—सर्वं सौख्यं तेन समायुक्तः (तत्पुरुष)

• अप्सरोभिः: with apsarases
• अप्सरोभिः: Sahakaraka (Instrument/Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारकबोधक अव्यय (preposition-like: with)

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative continuation within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nandinātha/Nandikeśvara (phala culmination)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary ascent: the devotee reaches Pinākin’s radiant abode—Śiva enthroned or present as a luminous liṅga—surrounded by celestial architecture; apsarās dance; the atmosphere is blissful and otherworldly.

Characters & Entities

• Pinākin (Śiva)
• Apsarās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous merit culminates in reaching Śiva’s highest abode and experiencing divine joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points generally to Śiva’s supreme realm; the surrounding Revā Khaṇḍa context typically links such fruit to Revā/Narmadā-associated tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated in this verse; it functions as a result (phala) statement.