Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

क्रीडित्वा स यथाकामं स्वेच्छया शिवमन्दिरे । वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञो जायतेऽसौ शुभे कुले

Transliteration

krīḍitvā sa yathākāmaṃ svecchayā śivamandire | vedavedāṅgatattvajño jāyate'sau śubhe kule

Translation

ครั้นได้รื่นเริงตามปรารถนาโดยเสรีในเทวาลัยพระศิวะแล้ว เขาย่อมบังเกิดในตระกูลอันเป็นมงคล เป็นผู้รู้แก่นแท้แห่งพระเวทและเวทางคะ

Word by Word

• क्रीडित्वा: having sported
• क्रीडित्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); having played/sported

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा-कामम्: as desired, at will
• यथा-कामम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial)

• स्वेच्छया: by his own will
• स्वेच्छया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• शिव-मन्दिरे: in Śiva's temple
• शिव-मन्दिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वेद-वेदाङ्ग-तत्त्व-ज्ञः: knower of the truths of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेद-वेदाङ्ग-तत्त्व-ज्ञः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + वेदाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; विशेषणम् (qualifying असौ)

• जायते: is born, comes to be
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative, 3rd person, Singular (Ātmanepada)

• असौ: that person, he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular (demonstrative pronoun)

• शुभे: auspicious, noble
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular; विशेषणम् (qualifying कुले)

• कुले: in a family/lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-mandira at Revā-tīrtha (unnamed)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotee spending carefree time within a Śiva temple courtyard—music, conversation, gentle play—under the gaze of the liṅga; the future fruit shown symbolically as a child studying Vedas in a noble home.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-mandira
• Veda
• Vedāṅga
• Kula (lineage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with Śiva’s sacred space is portrayed as generating puṇya that ripens into noble birth and higher spiritual-intellectual capacity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śiva-mandira connected to the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative in Adhyāya 55.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Temple-based devotion/participation (implied) at Śiva’s shrine, leading to stated fruits (phala).