Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

तावत्त्वं सर्वलोकानां वत्स पूज्यो भविष्यसि । देवीलोकेषु सर्वेषु देवीवद्विचरिष्यसि

Transliteration

tāvattvaṃ sarvalokānāṃ vatsa pūjyo bhaviṣyasi | devīlokeṣu sarveṣu devīvadvicariṣyasi

Translation

“اتنی ہی مدت تک، اے عزیز فرزند، تُو سب جہانوں میں قابلِ پرستش رہے گا؛ اور دیوی کے تمام لوکوں میں تُو خود دیوی کی مانند سیر کرے گا۔”

Word by Word

• tāvat: so long
• tāvat: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative: ‘so long/that long’)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sarva-lokānām: of all the worlds
• sarva-lokānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; ‘सर्वेषां लोकानाम्’ (genitive plural)

• vatsa: dear child
• vatsa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• pūjyaḥ: worthy of worship
• pūjyaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (कृदन्त, √pūj, यत्/ण्यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• bhaviṣyasi: you will be
• bhaviṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• devī-lokeṣu: in the worlds/realms of the goddess
• devī-lokeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; ‘देव्याः लोकाḥ’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; अधिकरण

• sarveṣu: in all
• sarveṣu: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying devīlokeṣu)

• devīvat: like the goddess
• devīvat: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: devīvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of comparison: ‘like the goddess’)

• vicariṣyasi: you will roam/move about
• vicariṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√car (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī-lokas (Sarva-devī-lokāḥ)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa completes the blessing: the devotee is shown receiving a radiant aura; in the background, multiple Devī-realms appear as layered celestial mandalas, with the devotee moving among them like a divine attendant.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Devī
• Devī-lokas (realms of the Goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and divine favor elevate a being to revered status, reflecting the Purāṇic theme that bhakti yields lasting honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse speaks of ‘Devī-lokas’ (divine realms) rather than a terrestrial pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it is a benediction describing the devotee’s future status.