Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

अहं चैव वसिष्यामि अम्बिका च मम प्रिया । सर्वदुःखापहा देवी नाम्ना सौभाग्यसुन्दरी

Transliteration

ahaṃ caiva vasiṣyāmi ambikā ca mama priyā | sarvaduḥkhāpahā devī nāmnā saubhāgyasundarī

Translation

เราจักพำนักอยู่ ณ ที่นี้ด้วย และอัมพิกา ผู้เป็นที่รักของเราก็ด้วย เทวีผู้ขจัดทุกข์ทั้งปวงนั้น เป็นที่รู้จักด้วยนามว่า “เสาภาคยสุนทรี”

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• वसिष्यामि: will dwell
• वसिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• अम्बिका: Ambikā
• अम्बिका: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रिया: beloved
• प्रिया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वदुःखापहा: remover of all sorrows
• सर्वदुःखापहा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + अपह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Designation/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• सौभाग्यसुन्दरी: Saubhāgya-sundarī (the beautiful giver of good fortune)
• सौभाग्यसुन्दरी: Samanaadhikarana (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares his abiding presence with Ambikā; the Goddess appears as Saubhāgyasundarī—radiant, benevolent, removing sorrow—beside Śiva, with the kṣetra landscape sanctified by their aura.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Ambikā
• Saubhāgyasundarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely sanctified by divine residence—Śiva and Śakti’s abiding presence makes the site a refuge from sorrow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhṛgukṣetra/Bhṛgukaccha sacred region, where Śiva declares his dwelling with Ambikā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the deity-form and the promised removal of suffering through her presence.