Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

स्वस्थानं गच्छ शीघ्रं त्वं भुक्त्वा भोगान्यथेप्सितान् । कुरु निष्कण्टकं राज्यं नाके शक्र इवापरः

Transliteration

svasthānaṃ gaccha śīghraṃ tvaṃ bhuktvā bhogānyathepsitān | kuru niṣkaṇṭakaṃ rājyaṃ nāke śakra ivāparaḥ

Translation

“速速回到你的本居。享受你正当所愿之乐，并建立一个无刺之国——无患无敌——如同天界的另一位释迦（因陀罗）。”

Word by Word

• sva-sthānam: to your own place
• sva-sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (स्व) + sthāna (स्थान) (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य स्थानम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्, धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (शीघ्र, प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

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

• bhuktvā: having enjoyed
• bhuktvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (भुज्, धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• bhogān: enjoyments
• bhogān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (भोग, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अथ)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: then/and)

• īpsitān: desired
• īpsitān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īpsita (ईप्सित, √āp/īps क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (bhogān)

• kuru: make/do
• kuru: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ, धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• niṣ-kaṇṭakam: thornless; free of obstacles
• niṣ-kaṇṭakam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣ (निष्-उपसर्ग) + kaṇṭaka (कण्टक, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्/उपसर्गपूर्वक-तत्पुरुष (कण्टक-रहितम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (rājyam)

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (राज्य, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nāke: in heaven
• nāke: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāka (नाक, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• śakraḥ: Indra
• śakraḥ: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (शक्र, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• iva: like
• iva: Upamā (Comparison marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (इव)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• aparaḥ: another; second (Indra)
• aparaḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (अपर, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (त्वम् implied)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) / Rudra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha milieu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Citrasena

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs the king to return and rule; imagery of a thornless kingdom—orderly city, protected people—evoked behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Citrasena
• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual attainment does not negate worldly duty; righteous kingship (rājadharma) is itself a sacred responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa context frames this counsel as arising from tapas at a sacred spot (Bhṛgutuṅga/kuṇḍa), though this verse highlights rājadharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it prescribes ethical governance—creating a “thornless” realm—rather than a ritual.