Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

आत्मना सह भोगांश्च विविधान् लभते सुखी । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि क्रीडते सुरपूजितः

Transliteration

ātmanā saha bhogāṃśca vividhān labhate sukhī | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi krīḍate surapūjitaḥ

Translation

وہ خوشی سے اپنے پُنّیہ کے مطابق طرح طرح کے بھوگ اپنے ساتھ پاتا ہے۔ دیوتاؤں کے احترام سے سرفراز ہو کر وہ ساٹھ ہزار برس تک سوَرگ میں کھیلتا رہتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• ātmanā: with oneself
• ātmanā: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• saha: together with
• saha: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-शब्दः (indeclinable postposition)

• bhogān: enjoyments
• bhogān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• vividhān: various
• vividhān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (bhogān इति विशेष्ये)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (लभ्)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्

• sukhī: happy
• sukhī: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (कर्ता-विशेषण)

• ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi: sixty thousand years
• ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi: Karma (Extent/duration/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्; संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुषसमासः (षष्टिः वर्षाणि = षष्टिवर्ष; तेषां सहस्राणि)

• krīḍate: sports, plays
• krīḍate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √krīḍ (क्रीड्)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्

• sura-pūjitaḥ: worshipped by the gods
• sura-pūjitaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjita (कृदन्त; √pūj पूज् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (सुरैः पूजितः)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda Purāṇa voice) addressing a Pāṇḍava interlocutor (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial scene: the merit-holder welcomed by devas, garlanded, entering svarga gardens; apsaras and divine music; the pilgrim’s earlier riverbank rite shown as a small vignette below.

Characters & Entities

• Suras (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous ancestral worship at a sacred place is said to yield powerful merit culminating in heavenly enjoyment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha context (Revā/Narmadā region) within Āvantya-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse continues the phala (result) of prior pitṛ rites; it emphasizes the promised svarga-fruit rather than adding a new procedure.