Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

संसारे सर्वसौख्यानां निलयास्ते भवन्ति च । आश्चर्यं ज्ञातिवर्गाणां धर्माणां निलयास्तु ते

Transliteration

saṃsāre sarvasaukhyānāṃ nilayāste bhavanti ca | āścaryaṃ jñātivargāṇāṃ dharmāṇāṃ nilayāstu te

Translation

संसारे ते सर्वसौख्यानां निलयाः भवन्ति; आश्चर्यं—ज्ञातिवर्गाणां धर्माणां च निलयाः आश्रयाः ते एव।

Word by Word

• संसारे: in the world/in saṃsāra
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• सर्वसौख्यानाम्: of all comforts/happinesses
• सर्वसौख्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: सर्वाणि सौख्यानि (कर्मधारय); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• निलयाः: abodes/refuges
• निलयाः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• भवन्ति: become/are
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘become/are’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात; conjunction ‘and’

• आश्चर्यम्: a wonder/astonishing (thing)
• आश्चर्यम्: Karma (Predicative/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; used as exclamation/predicate ‘a wonder’

• ज्ञातिवर्गाणाम्: of groups of relatives
• ज्ञातिवर्गाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति + वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: ज्ञातीनां वर्गः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• धर्माणाम्: of virtues/duties
• धर्माणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• निलयाः: abodes/refuges
• निलयाः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेष-निपात; ‘but/indeed’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

Speaker

Vyāsa (to Pārtha/Arjuna)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śiva-devotee stands at the center of a household courtyard like a pillar of light; family members gather protected; symbols of dharma (scripture, lamp, cow, guests) surround them; prosperity and calm pervade.

Characters & Entities

• dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion strengthens both personal well-being and the dharmic flourishing of one’s family and community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā-kṣetra (the Narmadā sacred region) forms the background of these promised results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation of Śiva worship/abhiṣeka whose fruits include happiness and dharmic stability.