Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

स्थापयित्वा यमस्तत्र देवं स्वर्गं जगाम ह । यमहासेश्वरे राजञ्जितक्रोधो जितेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

sthāpayitvā yamastatra devaṃ svargaṃ jagāma ha | yamahāseśvare rājañjitakrodho jitendriyaḥ

Translation

وہاں دیوتا کو قائم کر کے یم یقیناً سَورگ کو چلا گیا۔ اے راجن! یم ہاسیشور میں وہ غضب پر غالب اور حواس پر قابو رکھنے والا تھا۔

Word by Word

• sthāpayitvā: having स्थापित/installed
• sthāpayitvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + ṇic (causative)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), causative (स्थापय-)

• yamaḥ: Yama
• yamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• devam: the deity
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• svargam: to heaven
• svargam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म (goal as object)

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

• ha: indeed/then
• ha: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• yama-hāsa-īśvare: in/at Yama-hāsa-īśvara (a shrine/place-name)
• yama-hāsa-īśvare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक) + hāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (यमस्य हासः; तस्य ईश्वरः)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• jita-krodhaḥ: one who has conquered anger
• jita-krodhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (कृदन्त; √ji धातु) + krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे (jitaḥ krodhaḥ yena) विशेषण

• jita-indriyaḥ: self-controlled (having conquered the senses)
• jita-indriyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (कृदन्त; √ji धातु) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-भावार्थे तत्पुरुषप्रयोग (jītāni indriyāṇi yasya) विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator addressing the King

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yama-hāseśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (O King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama installs a deity (Śiva-linga) at the riverbank shrine; after consecration he departs toward svarga, portrayed as calm, angerless, senses mastered.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Yama-hāseśvara (Śiva-linga/site)
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sites arise through divine acts; self-mastery (conquering anger and senses) accompanies dharmic authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yama-hāseśvara, a named sacred Īśvara/Śiva-site associated with Yama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establishing/enshrining the deity (sthāpana) is described as the foundational act for the site.