Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

पूज्यस्त्वं भविता लोके प्राप्ते पर्वणि पर्वणि । अहमत्र च वत्स्यामि देवैश्च पितृभिः सह

Transliteration

pūjyastvaṃ bhavitā loke prāpte parvaṇi parvaṇi | ahamatra ca vatsyāmi devaiśca pitṛbhiḥ saha

Translation

اے بزرگ! ہر مقدّس پَروَن کے آنے پر تُو دنیا میں قابلِ پرستش ہوگا؛ اور میں بھی یہیں دیوتاؤں اور پِتروں کے ساتھ سکونت اختیار کروں گا۔

Word by Word

• pūjyaḥ: worthy of worship
• pūjyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (कृदन्त; √pūj पूज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), ‘पूजनीयः’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, मध्यमपुरुष, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhavitā: will be
• bhavitā: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• prāpte: when (it) has come/arrived
• prāpte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpta (कृदन्त; √āp आप् + pra)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, ‘प्राप्ते’ = ‘when (it) has arrived’

• parvaṇi: on a sacred day/festival day
• parvaṇi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• parvaṇi: on each festival day
• parvaṇi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• vatsyāmi: I will dwell/stay
• vatsyāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (वस्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• devaiḥ: with the gods
• devaiḥ: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• pitṛbhiḥ: with the ancestors
• pitṛbhiḥ: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (postposition meaning ‘together with’)

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā ford)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sanctified river-ford on the Revā; the speaker grants a boon that the place/person will be worshipped at every parvan; devas and Pitṛs are shown taking residence invisibly around the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Brahmā
• Devas
• Pitṛs
• Parvan

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (parvan) and sacred place (tīrtha) together intensify merit, especially when sanctified by Śiva’s presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-bank tīrtha where Śiva vows to dwell with Devas and Pitṛs—identified in the chapter as the Paitāmaha-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance and worship on parvan days (key lunar junctions), implying heightened efficacy for śrāddha/tarpaṇa.