Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

आयाति च महाबाहो त्यक्त्वा स्थानं स्वकं हि वै । एतत्सर्वं समाख्यातं सर्वसौख्यप्रदायकम्

Transliteration

āyāti ca mahābāho tyaktvā sthānaṃ svakaṃ hi vai | etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ sarvasaukhyapradāyakam

Translation

และท่านนั้น โอ้ผู้มีพาหาอันเกรียงไกร ย่อมเสด็จมาโดยแท้ แม้ละจากที่ประทับของตน เรื่องทั้งหมดนี้ได้กล่าวแล้ว เป็นเหตุประทานสุขทุกประการ

Word by Word

• आयाति: comes
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — 'comes'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction 'and'

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन — vocative; समासः: महा + बाहु

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) → त्यक्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त/gerund) — 'having abandoned'

• स्थानम्: place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — कर्म

• स्वकम्: one's own
• स्वकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण of 'स्थानम्'

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — causal/emphatic 'indeed/for'

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — emphasis

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative 'this'

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषण of 'एतत्'

• समाख्यातम्: has been explained
• समाख्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + ख्या (धातु) → समाख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'has been told/declared'

• सर्वसौख्यप्रदायकम्: bestowing all happiness
• सर्वसौख्यप्रदायकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + सौख्य + प्रदायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषण; समासः: सर्वेषां सौख्यानां प्रदायकम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator addressing Mahābāhu (likely Pārtha/Arjuna) within the frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (Jayaṃteśa/Indreśvara area)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (addressed as mahābāho)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses a ‘mighty-armed’ listener, concluding the account: Indra repeatedly comes from his own abode; the sacred grove and shrine radiate calm, promising universal happiness.

Characters & Entities

• Mahābāhu (epithet)
• Indra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true māhātmya culminates in phalaśruti: the sacred account and its practice are said to grant comprehensive well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Indreśvara/Jayaṃteśa worship-site in Dharmāraṇya, presented as a giver of ‘all happiness’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is added here; it summarizes the narrated practices and their fruit.