Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

आयाति च महाबाहो त्यक्त्वा स्थानं स्वकं हि वै । एतत्सर्वं समाख्यातं सर्वसौख्यप्रदायकम्

Transliteration

āyāti ca mahābāho tyaktvā sthānaṃ svakaṃ hi vai | etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ sarvasaukhyapradāyakam

Translation

اور وہ، اے قوی بازو والے، یقیناً اپنی جگہ چھوڑ کر آتا ہے۔ یہ سب کچھ بیان کر دیا گیا ہے، جو ہر طرح کی خوشی عطا کرنے والا ہے۔

Word by Word

• आयाति: comes
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — 'comes'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction 'and'

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन — vocative; समासः: महा + बाहु

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) → त्यक्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त/gerund) — 'having abandoned'

• स्थानम्: place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — कर्म

• स्वकम्: one's own
• स्वकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण of 'स्थानम्'

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — causal/emphatic 'indeed/for'

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — emphasis

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative 'this'

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषण of 'एतत्'

• समाख्यातम्: has been explained
• समाख्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + ख्या (धातु) → समाख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'has been told/declared'

• सर्वसौख्यप्रदायकम्: bestowing all happiness
• सर्वसौख्यप्रदायकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + सौख्य + प्रदायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषण; समासः: सर्वेषां सौख्यानां प्रदायकम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator addressing Mahābāhu (likely Pārtha/Arjuna) within the frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (Jayaṃteśa/Indreśvara area)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (addressed as mahābāho)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses a ‘mighty-armed’ listener, concluding the account: Indra repeatedly comes from his own abode; the sacred grove and shrine radiate calm, promising universal happiness.

Characters & Entities

• Mahābāhu (epithet)
• Indra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true māhātmya culminates in phalaśruti: the sacred account and its practice are said to grant comprehensive well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Indreśvara/Jayaṃteśa worship-site in Dharmāraṇya, presented as a giver of ‘all happiness’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is added here; it summarizes the narrated practices and their fruit.