Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ततो निष्कल्मषो जातो देवदेवो महेश्वरः । हत्वा सुरेभ्यस्तत्स्थानं ततश्चान्तर्दधे प्रभुः

Transliteration

tato niṣkalmaṣo jāto devadevo maheśvaraḥ | hatvā surebhyastatsthānaṃ tataścāntardadhe prabhuḥ

Translation

แล้วเทวเทวะมหेशวรก็เป็นผู้ไร้มลทิน ครั้นทรงสถาปนาสถานที่นั้นไว้เพื่อเหล่าเทวะแล้ว พระผู้เป็นเจ้าก็อันตรธานไป

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• niṣkalmaṣaḥ: sinless, free from impurity
• niṣkalmaṣaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nis + kalmaṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/नञ्-समासार्थ (कल्मषरहितः)

• jātaḥ: became
• jātaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु) → jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'became/was born (as)'

• devadevaḥ: Lord of gods
• devadevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः)

• maheśvaraḥ: Maheśvara
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन

• hatvā: having slain
• hatvā: Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (धातु) → hatvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having killed/slain)

• surebhyaḥ: from the gods / for the gods (contextual)
• surebhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), बहुवचन

• tatsthānam: that place/abode
• tatsthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (तत् स्थानम् = that place)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• antardadhe: disappeared
• antardadhe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhā (धातु) + antar (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्ष-भूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; 'अन्तर्दधे' = disappeared/withdrew

• prabhuḥ: the Lord
• prabhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kulakoṭi

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, now radiant and stainless, gestures as if granting the tīrtha to the gods; devas appear in reverence. Then Śiva fades (antar-dhāna), leaving a luminous sanctity over the site.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Maheśvara, Prabhu)
• Devas (Suras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Completion of expiation culminates in purity; the Lord’s act establishes a sacred site for the welfare of divine and human realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sanctified station associated with Śuddharudra Tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it narrates the result of prāyaścitta—becoming niṣkalmaṣa.