Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तत्र विद्याधरैः सिद्धैर्विमानवरमास्थितः । पूज्यमानो वसेत्तावद्यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम्

Transliteration

tatra vidyādharaiḥ siddhairvimānavaramāsthitaḥ | pūjyamāno vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasamplavam

Translation

Tại đó, ngồi trên cỗ vimāna thù thắng, được các Vidyādhara và Siddha tôn kính, người ấy an trú lâu dài cho đến kỳ đại hoại của muôn loài.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (indeclinable adverb)

• vidyādharaiḥ: by the Vidyādharas
• vidyādharaiḥ: Sahakārī/Karaṇa (Agent-associate/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyādhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘विद्यां धरति’ (instrumental plural; by Vidyādharas)

• siddhaiḥ: by the Siddhas
• siddhaiḥ: Sahakārī/Karaṇa (Associate/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• vimāna-varam: a splendid aerial car
• vimāna-varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘वरं विमानम्’ (accusative singular)

• āsthitaḥ: having mounted/occupied
• āsthitaḥ: Kriyā (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) भूतकाले; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘आस्थितः’ = ‘having mounted/occupied’ (past participle; masc nom sg)

• pūjyamānaḥ: being worshipped
• pūjyamānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + śānac/āna (कृदन्त, कर्मणि वर्तमान)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (पुज्यमान); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘being worshipped’ (present passive participle; masc nom sg)

• vaset: may dwell
• vaset: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (optative, 3rd sg)

• tāvat: so long
• tāvat: Kāla-parimāṇa (Duration adjunct/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक (indeclinable; ‘so long/that much’)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Kāla-parimāṇa (Duration adjunct/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत्-संबन्धे अवधि-वाचक (indeclinable; ‘as long as’)

• ābhūta-samplavam: until the cosmic dissolution
• ābhūta-samplavam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time limit/कालावधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ābhūta (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + samplava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत् प्रयुक्तम्; ‘आभूत’ = ‘up to the beings/creation’ इत्यर्थे ‘until the cosmic dissolution’ (avyayibhava; used adverbially)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant vimāna floats in a jeweled sky; Vidyādharas and Siddhas offer garlands and salutations to the meritorious soul seated within.

Characters & Entities

• Vidyādhara
• Siddha
• Vimāna
• Cosmic dissolution (samplava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma frames charity at sacred places as producing exalted, long-lasting heavenly honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha previously mentioned; the verse describes the posthumous फल (reward) connected to it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual; it continues the promised फल of the prior dāna and tīrtha association.