Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

कल्पमेकं वसित्वा तु देवगन्धर्वपूजितः । अत्र भारतवर्षे तु जायते विमले कुले

Transliteration

kalpamekaṃ vasitvā tu devagandharvapūjitaḥ | atra bhāratavarṣe tu jāyate vimale kule

Translation

ఒక కల్పము నివసించి దేవగంధర్వులచే పూజింపబడి, తరువాత ఈ భారతవర్షములో విమలమైన ఉత్తమ కులములో జన్మించును।

Word by Word

• कल्पम्: a kalpa (aeon)
• कल्पम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular (time-span)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular; संख्याविशेषण — numeral adjective qualifying कल्पम्

• वसित्वा: having lived/dwelt
• वसित्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — Absolutive/gerund (having dwelt)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — particle

• देवगन्धर्वपूजितः: worshipped by gods and gandharvas
• देवगन्धर्वपूजितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + गन्धर्व + पूजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक); धातु-आधार: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular; कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः: देवैः गन्धर्वैश्च पूजितः — ‘worshipped by gods and gandharvas’ (agent in instrumental sense)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb of place

• भारतवर्षे: in Bhāratavarṣa (India)
• भारतवर्षे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारतवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भरतस्य वर्षम्) — genitive tatpurusha

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — particle

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present, 3rd person singular; आत्मनेपद

• विमले: in a pure/spotless
• विमले: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular; विशेषणं कुले

• कुले: family/lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya addressing the King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Skanda-tīrtha (Revā-khaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous celestial court where devas and gandharvas honor the pilgrim-soul with garlands and music; below, a vignette of rebirth in a noble Bhārata household.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Bhārata-varṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-merit is portrayed as shaping both heavenly honor and the quality of one’s future birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Skanda-tīrtha, continuing the sequence of its proclaimed fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified; it continues the promised outcomes of the tīrtha’s sanctity.