Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यावद्धराधरो लोके यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ । नद्यो नदाः समुद्राश्च वरो मे चाक्षयो भवेत्

Transliteration

yāvaddharādharo loke yāvaccandradivākarau | nadyo nadāḥ samudrāśca varo me cākṣayo bhavet

Translation

Пока в мире стоят горы, пока пребывают Луна и Солнце, и пока существуют реки, потоки и океаны — да будет дар мой неистощим и непреходящ.

Word by Word

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/परिमाण-निर्देशक, correlative particle: 'as long as')

• dharādharaḥ: mountain
• dharādharaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā-dhara (प्रातिपदिक; धराः + धरः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धरायाः धरः = पर्वतः)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/परिमाण-निर्देशक, correlative particle)

• candra-divākarau: the moon and the sun
• candra-divākarau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra + divākara (प्रातिपदिक; चन्द्रः + दिवाकरः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• nadyaḥ: rivers
• nadyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• nadāḥ: streams
• nadāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• samudrāḥ: oceans
• samudrāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक, conjunction)

• varaḥ: boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• me: my / for me
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (genitive)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक, conjunction)

• akṣayaḥ: imperishable
• akṣayaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः (क्षयः न = अक्षयः) विशेषणम् (varoḥ)

• bhavet: may be
• bhavet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Aṅgāraka (Maṅgala/Mars)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant pronounces a vow-like request for an imperishable boon, with cosmic emblems—mountains, sun, moon, rivers and ocean—arrayed as witnesses behind him; the deity’s presence implied as the granter.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka
• Candra (Moon)
• Divākara (Sun)
• Mountains
• Rivers
• Oceans

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The devotee seeks akṣayatva (imperishability), aligning personal destiny with enduring dharmic order upheld across cosmic time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) milieu is implied; the chapter’s later verses attach akṣaya merit to a particular tīrtha and Śiva worship there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual here—this is the formulation of an imperishable boon request.