Shloka 41 - Adhyaya 168 - Reva Khanda - Avanti Khanda | Marathi | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

अनिवर्तिका गतिस्तस्य रुद्रलोकादसंशयम् । कृमिकीटपतङ्गानां तत्र तीर्थे युधिष्ठिर । अङ्कूरेश्वरनामाख्ये मृतानां सुगतिर्भवेत्

Transliteration

anivartikā gatistasya rudralokādasaṃśayam | kṛmikīṭapataṅgānāṃ tatra tīrthe yudhiṣṭhira | aṅkūreśvaranāmākhye mṛtānāṃ sugatirbhavet

Translation

त्याची गती अनिवर्तनीय होते—निःसंशय रुद्रलोकाकडे. हे युधिष्ठिर, अङ्कूरेश्वर नावाच्या त्या तीर्थात कृमी, कीटक व पक्षीही मरण पावले तरी त्यांनाही सुगती प्राप्त होते.

Word by Word

अनिवर्तिकाnon-returning, irreversible

गतिःcourse, destiny

तस्यof him

रुद्रलोकात्from Rudra’s world (Rudraloka)

असंशयम्undoubtedly

कृमिकीटपतङ्गानाम्of worms, insects, and birds

तत्रthere

तीर्थेat the tīrtha

युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira

अङ्कूरेश्वरनामाख्येin (the place) called ‘Aṅkūreśvara’

मृतानाम्of the dead

सुगतिःgood destination

भवेत्would be, may occur

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced); addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira within the narrative frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅkūreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous Śiva-kṣetra by the river; a departing soul rises on a radiant path toward Rudra’s realm, while even small creatures near the shrine are shown bathed in sanctifying light, indicating su-gati for all who die there.

Characters & Entities

Rudra

Rudraloka

Yudhiṣṭhira

Aṅkūreśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s grace is portrayed as radically inclusive: even the smallest beings gain a higher destiny, and the devotee attains a non-returning path to Rudra’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha, explicitly named as the place where death grants sugati.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it declares the salvific result associated with dying at the tīrtha.