Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

पूर्णे चैव ततः काल इह मानुष्यतां गतः । जायते राजराजेन्द्रैः पूज्यमानो नृपो महान्

Transliteration

pūrṇe caiva tataḥ kāla iha mānuṣyatāṃ gataḥ | jāyate rājarājendraiḥ pūjyamāno nṛpo mahān

Translation

ครั้นกาลนั้นครบถ้วนแล้ว เขากลับมาเกิดเป็นมนุษย์ในโลกนี้ บังเกิดเป็นมหาราชผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ ได้รับการบูชาแม้จากราชาธิราชทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• पूर्णे: when (it is) completed
• पूर्णे: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘पूर्णे (काले)’ इति सापेक्ष-विशेषणम्

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (thereafter/from that)

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• मानुष्यताम्: human state
• मानुष्यताम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गतः: having gone/entered
• गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘कालः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• राजराजेन्द्रैः: by/among kingly overlords
• राजराजेन्द्रैः: Kartr-karana/Sahakari (Agentive association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज-राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘राज्ञां राजेन्द्राः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• पूज्यमानः: being worshipped
• पूज्यमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि (passive present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘नृपः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Unspecified (Revākhaṇḍa narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kusumeśa (as causal tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A transition tableau: the soul descends from a celestial pavilion to be born in a royal palace; coronation scene shows a great king revered by other rulers.

Characters & Entities

• Nṛpa
• Rāja-rājendra (imperial kings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-merit bears layered results—first celestial reward, then auspicious rebirth with honor and authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kusumeśa-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it continues the description of phala accruing from the earlier rites and disciplines.