Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

कृतार्थोऽहं हि संजात इत्युक्त्वा प्रणतिं गतः । गच्छ देवोमयासार्द्धं कैलासशिखरं वरम्

Transliteration

kṛtārtho'haṃ hi saṃjāta ityuktvā praṇatiṃ gataḥ | gaccha devomayāsārddhaṃ kailāsaśikharaṃ varam

Translation

“खरोखर मी कृतार्थ झालो,” असे म्हणत तो नमस्कार करून नतमस्तक झाला. (मग प्रभू म्हणाले:) “ये, हे देवस्वरूपा, माझ्यासह कैलासाच्या उत्तम शिखरास चल.”

Word by Word

• कृतार्थः: one whose purpose is fulfilled
• कृतार्थः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying अहम्)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• संजातः: has become
• संजातः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु) → संजात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying अहम्)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• प्रणतिम्: bow, obeisance
• प्रणतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गतः: went / proceeded
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• देवोमया: with Deva and Umā
• देवोमया: Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे नपुंसकं सम्भवति; अत्र पाठानुसारं), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘देव-उमा’ इति द्वन्द्व

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable meaning ‘together with’)

• कैलासशिखरम्: the peak of Kailāsa
• कैलासशिखरम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास + शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• वरम्: excellent, splendid
• वरम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying कैलासशिखरम्)

Speaker

Narrator with embedded direct speech (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka bows, declaring fulfillment; Śiva invites him to journey together to the splendid summit of Kailāsa—snowy peak, divine retinue, and a sense of otherworldly ascent.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Lord (Śiva, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Boons often lead to a sense of ‘achievement’; the verse also models formal reverence (praṇati) within divine encounters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is referenced as a supreme divine mountain (mythic sacred geography), though it is not a Revā tīrtha per se.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; only praṇati (obeisance) is described as an act of reverence.