Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु पूजयामास भारत । गतोऽसावृषिसङ्घैश्च सहितोऽमरपर्वतम्

Transliteration

divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu pūjayāmāsa bhārata | gato'sāvṛṣisaṅghaiśca sahito'maraparvatam

Translation

Тысячу божественных лет, о Бхарата, он совершал там поклонение. Затем он ушёл, сопровождаемый сонмами риши, к горе бессмертных.

Word by Word

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Kāla-viśeṣaṇa (Time qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (वर्षसहस्रम्)

• varṣa-sahasram: a thousand years
• varṣa-sahasram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वर्षाणां सहस्रम्) काल-परिमाण

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• pūjayāmāsa: worshipped
• pūjayāmāsa: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु) + causative (णिच्) pūjaya + √as (धातु) (periphrastic perfect)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त

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

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + gata (कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘गत’—विधेय (went)

• asau: that one/he
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ṛṣi-saṅghaiḥ: with groups of sages
• ṛṣi-saṅghaiḥ: Sahakāraka/Instrument (सह/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ऋषीणां सङ्घैः)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• sahitaḥ: accompanied
• sahitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sah (धातु) + sahita (कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘सहित’—विशेषण (asau)

• amara-parvatam: to the Amara mountain
• amara-parvatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amara (प्रातिपदिक) + parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अमराणां पर्वतः/अमरपर्वत-नाम)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māṇḍavyeśvara; Amaraparvata (destination)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage worships at the Māṇḍavyeśvara Nārāyaṇa shrine through a vast divine span; then, surrounded by a luminous host of sages, he journeys toward a radiant mountain associated with immortals, peaks glowing with celestial light.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata (address)
• Ṛṣi-saṅgha
• Amara-parvata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Long, steady worship at a tīrtha is portrayed as spiritually transformative and worthy of divine association.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha context surrounding Māṇḍavyeśvara/Nārāyaṇa, from which the devotee later departs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sustained pūjā (worship) over an extended sacred duration (symbolically ‘a thousand divine years’).