Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

विलीनं पार्थ कालेन कियतेशप्रसादतः । ततो देवैः समं देवस्तत्तीर्थमगमद्धरः

Transliteration

vilīnaṃ pārtha kālena kiyateśaprasādataḥ | tato devaiḥ samaṃ devastattīrthamagamaddharaḥ

Translation

Wahai Pārtha, setelah beberapa waktu, dengan kurnia Īśa, kegelapan itu pun lenyap. Lalu Hara, Sang Dewa (Śiva), pergi ke tīrtha itu bersama para dewa.

Word by Word

• विलीनम्: dissolved, merged
• विलीनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ली (धातु) → विलीन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP (past passive participle)

• पार्थ: O Pārtha (Arjuna)
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; Vocative

• कालेन: by time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; Instrumental

• कियतेशप्रसादतः: due to the Lord’s grace (of some measure)
• कियतेशप्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कियत् (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ईशस्य प्रसादः), तस्मात्/पञ्चमी-अव्ययीभावार्थे 'तः' (Ablative sense), एकवचन; Ablative

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), बहुवचन; Instrumental (saha-artha)

• समम्: together, along with
• समम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद-सम्बन्धे 'समम्' = 'सह/समं' (adverbial)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; Nominative

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; Pronoun used adjectivally

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative

• अगमत्: went
• अगमत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; aorist/imperf. sense: 'went'

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; Nominative

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Pārtha/Arjuna in a framed narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha (contextual emergence; named explicitly next verse)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The darkness dissolves by Īśa’s grace; Śiva (Hara) proceeds to the tīrtha accompanied by the gods, suggesting a luminous procession toward a river-ford sanctified by divine presence.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Īśa (Śiva)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Devas
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification culminates in īśa-prasāda (divine grace), affirming that grace and practice together complete the removal of inner darkness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

‘That tīrtha’ on the Revā/Narmadā bank—important enough that Śiva comes there with the devas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes time, tapas, and divine grace as the mechanism of cleansing.