Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

अनेनैव विधानेन आत्मानं यस्तु निक्षिपेत् । स्वर्गलोकमनुप्राप्य क्रीडते त्रिदशैः सह

Transliteration

anenaiva vidhānena ātmānaṃ yastu nikṣipet | svargalokamanuprāpya krīḍate tridaśaiḥ saha

Translation

ผู้ใดตามพิธีนี้เอง กระทำปตนะทอดกายของตนลง ผู้นั้นย่อมบรรลุสวรรค์โลก และรื่นเริงอยู่ร่วมกับเหล่าเทวดา

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्

• एव: indeed
• एव: Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारण-निपातः

• विधानेन: by the procedure
• विधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्

• आत्मानम्: oneself
• आत्मानम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तु: indeed
• तु: Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः

• निक्षिपेत्: should place/commit (oneself)
• निक्षिपेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु) [नि-उपसर्गः]
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; उपसर्गयुक्तः (नि-); सकर्मकः

• स्वर्गलोकम्: the heavenly world
• स्वर्गलोकम्: Karman (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वर्गस्य लोकः); पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; गत्यर्थकक्रियायाः कर्म

• अनुप्राप्य: having attained
• अनुप्राप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु) [अनु-उपसर्गः] + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तम् (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having attained)

• क्रीडते: plays/sports
• क्रीडते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; अकर्मकः

• त्रिदशैः: with the gods (tridaśas)
• त्रिदशैः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषप्रायः (त्रयः दश = 30; देवगणवाचकः); पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (सह), बहुवचनम्

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahārtha (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; सहार्थक-उपपदम् (postposition governing instrumental)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, having completed the observance, is shown ascending to svarga; devas welcome him into celestial gardens and assembly halls.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Tridaśa (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma frames ritual rigor as producing definite karmic fruit, here described as heavenly attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is situated in the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha discourse that soon names Jvāleśvara-Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Patana is to be done only after completing the stated vidhi; the verse emphasizes adherence to that procedure.