Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

गच्छ पुण्यतमांल्लोकान्भुंक्ष्व राजन्यसत्तम । यावदिंद्रश्च नाकेऽस्ति यावत्सूर्यो नभस्तले

Transliteration

gaccha puṇyatamāṃllokānbhuṃkṣva rājanyasattama | yāvadiṃdraśca nāke'sti yāvatsūryo nabhastale

Translation

“جاؤ، نہایت پُنیہ والے لوکوں میں پہنچو اور ان کے پھل بھوگو، اے بادشاہوں کے سردار—جب تک اندر دیولوک میں ہے اور جب تک سورج آسمان میں چمکتا ہے۔”

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperative, 2nd person, singular, active

• पुण्यतमान्: most meritorious
• पुण्यतमान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तमप्-प्रत्यय (superlative) — Masculine, Accusative, Plural, superlative

• लोकान्: worlds, realms
• लोकान्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भुङ्क्ष्व: enjoy
• भुङ्क्ष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Imperative, 2nd person, singular, middle

• राजन्यसत्तम: O best of kings/warriors
• राजन्यसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्य+सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kala-avadhi (Time limit/कालावधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/काल-सीमा सूचक) — indeclinable expressing limit ‘as long as’

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नाके: in heaven
• नाके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अस्ति: is, exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Present, 3rd person, singular, active

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kala-avadhi (Time limit/कालावधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/काल-सीमा सूचक) — indeclinable expressing limit ‘as long as’

• सूर्यः: the sun
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नभस्तले: in the expanse of the sky
• नभस्तले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्+तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

Yama (Dharmarāja)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (implied source of merit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama pronounces a boon-like command; behind him, a vision of luminous puṇya-lokas with Indra’s heaven and the sun’s chariot symbolizing cosmic continuity.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Indra
• Sun (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit and devotion can overturn prior fear and grant exalted states; dharma rewards are real and time-spanning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in the verse; it is consistent with Kedāra māhātmya’s theme of extraordinary fruit arising from Śiva-connection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a boon/command to enjoy puṇya-lokas.