Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

पुरा शिवः शान्ततनुश्चचार विपुलं तपः । हितार्थं सर्वलोकानामुमया सह शंकरः

Transliteration

purā śivaḥ śāntatanuścacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ | hitārthaṃ sarvalokānāmumayā saha śaṃkaraḥ

Translation

قدیم زمانے میں شانت صورت شیو نے عظیم تپسیا کی؛ شنکر نے اُما کے ساتھ، سب جہانوں کی بھلائی کے لیے وہ تپ انجام دیا۔

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Temporal adverb (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time: 'formerly')

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• शान्ततनुः: whose body is calm/peaceful
• शान्ततनुः: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक) + तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (शान्ता तनुः यस्य सः)

• चकार: performed; practiced
• चकार: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विपुलम्: abundant; great
• विपुलम्: Qualifier of object (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (तपः)

• तपः: austerity; penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• हितार्थम्: for the sake of welfare
• हितार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (अर्थे द्वितीया); तत्पुरुष (हितस्य अर्थः)

• सर्वलोकानाम्: of all worlds/beings
• सर्वलोकानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वे लोकाः)

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari marker (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारार्थक अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश (preposition-like indeclinable: 'with')

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शिवस्य नाम

Speaker

Manu (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛkṣaśaila (contextual lead-in)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vatsa/disciple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, tranquil-bodied, and Umā together perform vast austerities for the benefit of all worlds—an image of the divine couple in meditative stillness amid a rugged sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śaṅkara
• Umā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine austerity is portrayed as compassionate—tapas is undertaken not for self-gain but for loka-hita (the good of all).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse provides the Shaiva backstory that will ground the Revā/Narmadā māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it highlights tapas as a sacred, world-benefiting discipline.