Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ततो गतायां वै लक्ष्म्यां देवा ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमलाः । क्रोधलोभमिदं स्थानं तेऽपि चोक्त्वा दिवं ययुः

Transliteration

tato gatāyāṃ vai lakṣmyāṃ devā brahmarṣayo'malāḥ | krodhalobhamidaṃ sthānaṃ te'pi coktvā divaṃ yayuḥ

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อพระลักษมีเสด็จจากไป เหล่าเทวะและพรหมฤๅษีผู้บริสุทธิ์กล่าวว่า “สถานที่นี้เต็มไปด้วยโทสะและโลภะ” แล้วพวกเขาก็ไปสู่สวรรค์เช่นกัน

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (thereupon/then)

• गतायाम्: when (she) had gone
• गतायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) + गत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-विशेषणम् (locative absolute with लक्ष्म्याम्)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः; अवधारण/खल्वर्थक (emphatic particle)

• लक्ष्म्याम्: in/when Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्म्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम् (locative singular)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम् (nominative plural)

• ब्रह्मर्षयः: the Brahmarṣis
• ब्रह्मर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः ऋषयः / ब्रह्मविदः ऋषयः)

• अमलाः: pure, spotless
• अमलाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying देवाः/ब्रह्मर्षयः)

• क्रोधलोभम्: anger and greed
• क्रोधलोभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध + लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (क्रोधश्च लोभश्च)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम; विशेषणम् (स्थानम्)

• स्थानम्: place, abode
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम् (accusative singular)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम् (nominative plural)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (absolutive/gerund: having said)

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

• ययुः: went
• ययुः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (plural)

Speaker

Narrator (reporting the gods and brahmarṣis’ reaction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-context

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas and pure brahmarṣis, radiant and calm, look back with disapproval at a darkened spot marked by red/black hues symbolizing anger and greed, then ascend to heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Devas
• Brahmarṣis
• Krodha (anger)
• Lobha (greed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Where anger and greed dominate, sanctity diminishes; divine beings withdraw from such an atmosphere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name a particular tīrtha; it comments on a ‘place’ within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative evaluation of the place’s moral-spiritual condition.