Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे तिष्ठति भूमिदः । आच्छेत्ता चावमन्ता च तान्येव नरके वसेत्

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svarge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ | ācchettā cāvamantā ca tānyeva narake vaset

Translation

Pemberi tanah akan tinggal di syurga selama enam puluh ribu tahun. Tetapi orang yang merampasnya dan orang yang menghina pemberian itu akan tinggal di neraka selama tempoh yang sama.

Word by Word

• ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi: sixty thousand years
• ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭi + varṣa + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (काल-परिमाण), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (संख्यापूर्वकः)

• svarge: in heaven
• svarge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• tiṣṭhati: stays, remains
• tiṣṭhati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• bhūmidaḥ: the giver of land
• bhūmidaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi + da (दा धातु से) (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भूमिं ददाति’ इति (भूमिदः)

• ācchettā: the one who takes away/cuts off
• ācchettā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ā + chid (छिद् धातु)
• Form: तृ-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• avamantā: the one who insults/disrespects
• avamantā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ava + man (मन् धातु)
• Form: तृ-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• tāni: those (same years)
• tāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; काल-परिमाण (ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi) पुनरुक्ति

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphasis particle)

• narake: in hell
• narake: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• vaset: would dwell
• vaset: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (वस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced: dharma instruction on land-grants, common in Purāṇic rāja-dharma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra milieu (context for dāna ethics)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral diptych: on one side a donor-king offering a land-grant copperplate to a Brāhmaṇa, ascending to svarga; on the other, a confiscator dragged toward a dark naraka realm—time marked as ‘60,000 years’.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūmidā (land-donor)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Land-gifts are sacred; protecting them yields great merit, while seizing or insulting them brings severe downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a specific tīrtha; the verse supports dharma around sacred endowments often tied to temples and tīrtha-regions like the Revā belt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A clear rule: do not confiscate or dishonor land that has been granted as dāna.