Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

त्यक्त्वा राज्यं सुरैः सार्धं जगाम तप उत्तमम् । पुत्रदारगृहं राज्यं वसूनि विविधानि च

Transliteration

tyaktvā rājyaṃ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ jagāma tapa uttamam | putradāragṛhaṃ rājyaṃ vasūni vividhāni ca

Translation

เขาละทิ้งราชอาณาจักรไปพร้อมเหล่าเทวะ แล้วมุ่งสู่ตบะอันประเสริฐยิ่ง ทอดทิ้งบุตร ภรรยา เรือน ราชสมบัติ และทรัพย์นานาประการไว้เบื้องหลัง

Word by Word

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having abandoned)

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• suraiḥ: with the gods
• suraiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), बहुवचन

• sārdham: together
• sārdham: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (together/with)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tapaḥ: austerity, penance
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• uttamam: supreme, excellent
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (तपः)

• putradāragṛham: sons, wife, and home (as a whole)
• putradāragṛham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra-dāra-gṛha (प्रातिपदिक: पुत्र + दार + गृह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (पुत्राश्च दाराश्च गृहं च)

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• vasūni: wealth, possessions
• vasūni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• vividhāni: various
• vividhāni: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (वसूनि)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine king leaves his jeweled court; sons, wife, palace, and treasures recede behind. He and the devas walk toward a forest hermitage or riverbank āśrama to perform ‘tapas uttamam’.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (implied)
• Devas (surāḥ)
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is wounded, true remedy begins with humility—letting go of status and embracing tapas as inner reformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in the verse; it emphasizes tapas as the dharmic response, often undertaken at sacred places in Purāṇic narratives.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity/penance) is presented as the chosen course after abandoning worldly attachments.