Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

जगामाकाशमाविश्य भूतसङ्घसमन्विता । यदा लक्ष्म्या नृपश्रेष्ठ स्थापितं पुरमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

jagāmākāśamāviśya bhūtasaṅghasamanvitā | yadā lakṣmyā nṛpaśreṣṭha sthāpitaṃ puramuttamam

Translation

وہ آکاش میں داخل ہو کر، بھوتوں کے جتھوں کے ساتھ روانہ ہو گئی۔ پھر، اے بہترین بادشاہ! جب لکشمی نے وہ عالی شان اور برتر شہر قائم کر دیا، (قصہ آگے بڑھتا ہے)۔

Word by Word

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु; √gam/गम्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ākāśam: into the sky
• ākāśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• āviśya: having entered
• āviśya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: viś (धातु; √viś/विश्) + ā (उपसर्ग)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having entered’

• bhūtasaṅghasamanvitā: accompanied by a host of beings
• bhūtasaṅghasamanvitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūta + saṅgha + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (bhūtasaṅghena samanvitā = accompanied by a host of beings)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal conjunction)

• lakṣmyā: by Lakṣmī
• lakṣmyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• nṛpaśreṣṭha: O best of kings
• nṛpaśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (nṛpāṇāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ)

• sthāpitam: established
• sthāpitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthāpita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sthā/स्था, causative √sthāp/स्थाप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); विशेषणम् (to puram)

• puram: city
• puram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent, best
• uttamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to puram)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-associated tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa-śreṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī ascends into the sky with bhūta hosts; narrative shifts to the founding/establishment of a splendid city by Lakṣmī, with the king addressed.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Bhūta-saṅgha
• Lakṣmī
• Pura (city)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence sanctifies landscapes and cities; sacred geography is formed through divine acts and blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-khaṇḍa locale connected with the Goddess and an ‘uttama’ city established by Lakṣmī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it provides narrative context for the sanctification of place.