Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तत्र देवाश्च गन्धर्वा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः । तपस्तप्त्वा महाराज सिद्धिं परमिकां गताः

Transliteration

tatra devāśca gandharvā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ | tapastaptvā mahārāja siddhiṃ paramikāṃ gatāḥ

Translation

ਉੱਥੇ ਦੇਵਤਾ, ਗੰਧਰਵ ਅਤੇ ਤਪ-ਧਨ ਰਿਸ਼ੀ—ਹੇ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ—ਤਪ ਕਰਦੇ ਰਹੇ; ਅਤੇ ਤਪ ਕਰਕੇ ਉਹ ਪਰਮ ਸਿੱਧੀ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਏ।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: 'there')

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• तपोधनाः: those whose wealth is austerity (ascetics)
• तपोधनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); बहुव्रीहिः—'येषां धनं तपः'

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तप्त्वा: having performed (austerity)
• तप्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); धातु: तप् (to perform austerity/heat)

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सिद्धिम्: attainment, perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमिकाम्: supreme, highest
• परमिकाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• गताः: attained/went to
• गताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे 'have gone/attained'

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amarakantaka (tapas-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Great king (Mahārāja) addressed in verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred grove on Amarakantaka: rishis seated in meditation amid fire-altars; devas and gandharvas in the sky offering flowers; a king addressed in the foreground; a luminous ascent motif indicating ‘paramikā siddhi’.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Ṛṣis
• Amarakantaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are depicted as accelerators of tapas—supporting seekers (even celestial beings) toward siddhi through disciplined practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The referenced sacred locale (contextually Amarakantaka/Narmadā region) where austerities yield supreme siddhi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity/penance) is highlighted as the practice undertaken at that holy place.