Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

जगामाकाशमाविश्य भूतसङ्घसमन्विता । यदा लक्ष्म्या नृपश्रेष्ठ स्थापितं पुरमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

jagāmākāśamāviśya bhūtasaṅghasamanvitā | yadā lakṣmyā nṛpaśreṣṭha sthāpitaṃ puramuttamam

Translation

ครั้นเสด็จเข้าสู่อากาศ พระนางก็เสด็จจากไป พร้อมด้วยหมู่ภูตทั้งหลาย แล้วต่อมา ข้าแต่มหาราชผู้ประเสริฐ เมื่อพระลักษมีได้สถาปนานครอันเลิศและรุ่งเรืองนั้นแล้ว (เรื่องราวจึงดำเนินต่อไป)

Word by Word

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु; √gam/गम्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ākāśam: into the sky
• ākāśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• āviśya: having entered
• āviśya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: viś (धातु; √viś/विश्) + ā (उपसर्ग)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having entered’

• bhūtasaṅghasamanvitā: accompanied by a host of beings
• bhūtasaṅghasamanvitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūta + saṅgha + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (bhūtasaṅghena samanvitā = accompanied by a host of beings)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal conjunction)

• lakṣmyā: by Lakṣmī
• lakṣmyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• nṛpaśreṣṭha: O best of kings
• nṛpaśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (nṛpāṇāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ)

• sthāpitam: established
• sthāpitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthāpita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sthā/स्था, causative √sthāp/स्थाप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); विशेषणम् (to puram)

• puram: city
• puram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent, best
• uttamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to puram)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-associated tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa-śreṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī ascends into the sky with bhūta hosts; narrative shifts to the founding/establishment of a splendid city by Lakṣmī, with the king addressed.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Bhūta-saṅgha
• Lakṣmī
• Pura (city)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence sanctifies landscapes and cities; sacred geography is formed through divine acts and blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-khaṇḍa locale connected with the Goddess and an ‘uttama’ city established by Lakṣmī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it provides narrative context for the sanctification of place.