Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

क्रीडित्वा च यथाकामं रुद्रलोके महातपाः । इह मानुष्यतां प्राप्य राजा भवति धार्मिकः

Transliteration

krīḍitvā ca yathākāmaṃ rudraloke mahātapāḥ | iha mānuṣyatāṃ prāpya rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ

Translation

రుద్రలోకంలో తన ఇష్టానుసారం విహరించిన ఆ మహాతపస్వి, ఇక్కడ మళ్లీ మానవజన్మ పొంది ధార్మిక రాజుగా అవతరిస్తాడు।

Word by Word

• क्रीडित्वा: having played/enjoyed
• क्रीडित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• यथाकामम्: as he wishes; at will
• यथाकामम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय-प्रयोगः (adverb: ‘as desired/at will’)

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; समासः—रुद्रस्य लोकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• महातपाः: the great ascetic
• महातपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—महान् तपः यस्य सः (one of great austerity)

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here, in this world)

• मानुष्यताम्: human state; humanity
• मानुष्यताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having attained)

• राजा: a king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• धार्मिकः: righteous
• धार्मिकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धार्मिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (राजा इति)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (context continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopeśvara (implied causal tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous Rudra-loka where an ascetic enjoys divine delights; then a transition scene showing his rebirth as a crowned, dharmic king on earth.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha devotion is said to elevate one to divine realms and later to a dhārmic, socially beneficial human life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gopeśvara tīrtha sequence in Adhyāya 162 (continuation of its promised fruits).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly the same snāna and pūjā previously stated; this verse details the subsequent fruits.