Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 127

Devanagari script

त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तथैव च । मुक्त्वा मनोरमान्भोगांस्तदा गच्छेन्महीतलम्

Transliteration

triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi triṃśatkoṭyastathaiva ca | muktvā manoramānbhogāṃstadā gacchenmahītalam

Translation

ตลอดสามหมื่นปี—และทำนองเดียวกันอีกสามสิบโกฏิ—เมื่อเสวยสุขอันรื่นรมย์แล้ว เขาจึงกลับมายังพื้นพิภพ

Word by Word

• त्रिंशत्-वर्ष-सहस्राणि: thirty thousand years
• त्रिंशत्-वर्ष-सहस्राणि: Kāla-parimāṇa (Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशत् + वर्ष + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समासः (त्रिंशत् वर्षाणां सहस्राणि); नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; कालपरिमाणवाचकः

• त्रिंशत्-कोट्यः: thirty crores (of units, implied time)
• त्रिंशत्-कोट्यः: Kāla/saṅkhyā-parimāṇa (Measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशत् + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समासः; स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; (काल/संख्यापरिमाणवाचकः)

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Particle/Adverb
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थकः (thus/also)

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

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• मुक्त्वा: having left/abandoned
• मुक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तम् (gerund); पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having abandoned/left)

• मनोरमान्: delightful
• मनोरमान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (भोगान्)

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक-अव्ययम्

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; अकर्मकः

• महीतलम्: to the earth's surface
• महीतलम्: Karman (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महेः तलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; गत्यर्थकक्रियायाः कर्म (destination)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial calendar-like depiction: the devotee enjoys svarga pleasures for vast spans; then the scene transitions to descent back to earth, indicating puṇya exhaustion.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga (context)
• Mahītala (earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even vast heavenly rewards are finite; merit culminates in return to embodied life, urging wise pursuit of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The time-span is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa merit narrative associated with the prescribed rite and the Jvāleśvara region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is added; it continues the stated fruit (phala) of the earlier vidhi.