Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

स्वेच्छया सुचिरं कालमिह लोके नृपो भवेत्

Transliteration

svecchayā suciraṃ kālamiha loke nṛpo bhavet

Translation

అతడు స్వేచ్ఛతో ఈ లోకంలో ఎంతో దీర్ఘకాలం రాజుగా ఉంటాడు; తన ఇష్టానుసారం దీర్ఘకాలం రాజ్యాన్ని అనుభవిస్తాడు।

Word by Word

• स्वेच्छया: by one’s own will
• स्वेच्छया: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य इच्छा)

• सुचिरम्: very long
• सुचिरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (कालम् इति विशेष्यस्य)

• कालम्: time/period
• कालम्: Kaaladhikarana (Temporal extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कालावधि (extent of time)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/स्थानवाचक; adverb)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• नृपः: a king
• नृपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become/may become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrative voice within Revā-khaṇḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (continuation)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim blessed by the tīrtha is shown later enthroned as a righteous king, ruling by his own will, with symbols of dharma (scepter, scripture, charity).

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puṇya gained through sacred observance is said to fructify even as worldly sovereignty, showing the Purāṇic linkage between dharma and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It continues the same unnamed “tatra tīrtha” context from the preceding verses of Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this line; it is a stated result (phala) of the broader tīrtha observance.