Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

स्थापयित्वा यमस्तत्र देवं स्वर्गं जगाम ह । यमहासेश्वरे राजञ्जितक्रोधो जितेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

sthāpayitvā yamastatra devaṃ svargaṃ jagāma ha | yamahāseśvare rājañjitakrodho jitendriyaḥ

Translation

तेथे देवाची स्थापना करून यम स्वर्गास गेला। हे राजन्, यम-हासेश्वर येथे तो क्रोधजयी व इंद्रियनिग्रही होता।

Word by Word

• sthāpayitvā: having स्थापित/installed
• sthāpayitvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + ṇic (causative)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), causative (स्थापय-)

• yamaḥ: Yama
• yamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• devam: the deity
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• svargam: to heaven
• svargam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म (goal as object)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ha: indeed/then
• ha: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• yama-hāsa-īśvare: in/at Yama-hāsa-īśvara (a shrine/place-name)
• yama-hāsa-īśvare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक) + hāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (यमस्य हासः; तस्य ईश्वरः)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• jita-krodhaḥ: one who has conquered anger
• jita-krodhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (कृदन्त; √ji धातु) + krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे (jitaḥ krodhaḥ yena) विशेषण

• jita-indriyaḥ: self-controlled (having conquered the senses)
• jita-indriyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (कृदन्त; √ji धातु) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-भावार्थे तत्पुरुषप्रयोग (jītāni indriyāṇi yasya) विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator addressing the King

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yama-hāseśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (O King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama installs a deity (Śiva-linga) at the riverbank shrine; after consecration he departs toward svarga, portrayed as calm, angerless, senses mastered.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Yama-hāseśvara (Śiva-linga/site)
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sites arise through divine acts; self-mastery (conquering anger and senses) accompanies dharmic authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yama-hāseśvara, a named sacred Īśvara/Śiva-site associated with Yama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establishing/enshrining the deity (sthāpana) is described as the foundational act for the site.