Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

यक्षराक्षसगन्धर्वा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः । सर्वे समागतास्तां वै पश्यन्ति ह्यमरेश्वरे

Transliteration

yakṣarākṣasagandharvā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ | sarve samāgatāstāṃ vai paśyanti hyamareśvare

Translation

Ang mga Yakṣa, Rākṣasa, Gandharva, at ang mga ṛṣi na may yaman ng tapas—lahat sila’y nagtitipon at minamasdan yaong banal na pook sa Amareśvara.

Word by Word

• यक्ष-राक्षस-गन्धर्वाः: Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, and Gandharvas
• यक्ष-राक्षस-गन्धर्वाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject, coordinated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• तपोधनाः: ascetics rich in austerity
• तपोधनाः: Karta (Apposition to ऋषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रचलितः (those whose wealth is austerity)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the assembled beings)

• समागताः: having assembled
• समागताः: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘समागत’ = assembled/come together

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Emphasis (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed
• हि: Emphasis/Reason (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (for/indeed)

• अमर-ईश्वरे: at the Lord of the immortals (Amareśvara)
• अमर-ईश्वरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अमराणाम् ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amareśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Amareśvara, a grand darśana scene: the liṅga-shrine near the river; gandharvas with instruments, yakṣas as guardians, rākṣasas subdued and reverent, and austere sages with matted hair—all facing the sanctum and the river.

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa
• Rākṣasa
• Gandharva
• Ṛṣi
• Amareśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha draws not only humans but multiple orders of beings; its sanctity is recognized across worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amareśvara, a Śaiva sacred locus in the Revā Khaṇḍa context, associated with beholding the sacred river/place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on darśana—beholding the sacred presence at Amareśvara.