Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

पुष्करान्ताश्च ये द्वीपा ये च सप्तमहार्णवाः । लोकालोकं महाशैलं सर्वं च पुरतः स्थितम्

Transliteration

puṣkarāntāśca ye dvīpā ye ca saptamahārṇavāḥ | lokālokaṃ mahāśailaṃ sarvaṃ ca purataḥ sthitam

Translation

اس نے پُشکر تک پھیلے ہوئے دیپوں کو اور سات عظیم سمندروں کو دیکھا؛ اور لوکالوک نامی وسیع مہاپہاڑ کو بھی—سب کچھ اس کے سامنے قائم تھا۔

Word by Word

• puṣkara-antāḥ: ending with Puṣkara
• puṣkara-antāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — विशेषणम् (dvīpāḥ); ‘पुष्करः अन्तः येषाम्’ (ending with Puṣkara)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• ye: which
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• dvīpāḥ: continents/islands
• dvīpāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ye: which
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• sapta-mahā-ārṇavāḥ: the seven great oceans
• sapta-mahā-ārṇavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ārṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘सप्त महान्तः आर्णवाः’

• loka-alokam: Lokāloka (mountain)
• loka-alokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + aloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — (नाम) Lokāloka (mountain)

• mahā-śailam: great mountain
• mahā-śailam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — समस्तवस्तुसमाहारः

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• purataḥ: in front
• purataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘in front’

• sthitam: standing; situated
• sthitam: Karma (Object state/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘standing/placed’ (sarvam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (as cosmographic marker; also terrestrial Pushkar tīrtha by name)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before the Lord stands a grand cosmic tableau: concentric continents up to Puṣkara, seven encircling oceans of different hues, and the colossal Lokāloka mountain like a ring-wall at the edge of light.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• Seven oceans (saptamahārṇava)
• Lokāloka mountain

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic cosmos is envisioned as sacred and structured; contemplating it cultivates humility and devotion to the Lord who upholds it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara is referenced as a cosmographic limit; no specific Revā tīrtha is praised in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.