Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ऊर्ध्वतश्चैव सविता ह्यधः पूषा विशोषयन् । अंशुमांस्तु तथा विष्णुर्मुखतो निर्गतं जगत्

Transliteration

ūrdhvataścaiva savitā hyadhaḥ pūṣā viśoṣayan | aṃśumāṃstu tathā viṣṇurmukhato nirgataṃ jagat

Translation

في العلوّ سافيتṛ (Savitṛ)، وفي السفل بوشن (Pūṣan) مُجفِّفًا العوالم. وكذلك أَمْشومان (Aṃśumān) وفيشنو (Viṣṇu)؛ فبضيائهما المتّقد يُستخرج الكون من الفم (مبدأ الكون).

Word by Word

• ūrdhvataḥ: upwards, above
• ūrdhvataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — दिशावाचक/स्थानवाचक adverb: “upwards/above”

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयबोधक conjunction “and”

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अवधारण particle “indeed/only”

• savitā: Savitṛ (the Sun as impeller)
• savitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: savitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — निपात/हेतुबोधक particle “indeed/for”

• adhaḥ: below, downwards
• adhaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — अधोवाचक adverb “below/downwards”

• pūṣā: Pūṣan (solar deity)
• pūṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūṣan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• viśoṣayan: drying up, desiccating
• viśoṣayan: Karta (Agent participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-śuṣ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त — शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “drying up”

• aṃśumān: radiant, having rays
• aṃśumān: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṃśumat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular; विशेषण

• tu: but, then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — विरोध/अन्वय particle “but/and then”

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — प्रकारवाचक adverb “thus/so”

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• mukhataḥ: from the mouth
• mukhataḥ: Apadāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) — “from the mouth”

• nirgatam: emerged, gone forth
• nirgatam: Karma (Predicate complement of जगत्/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-gam (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त — क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “gone out/emerged”

• jagat: the world, universe
• jagat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic speaker, contextually within Revā Khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvādaśāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king addressed as Mahārāja / Bhārata; also 'narश्रेष्ठ'

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic diagram-like vision: above, Savitṛ; below, Pūṣan drying the worlds; Aṃśumān and Viṣṇu as blazing radiance from which the universe issues forth, suggesting a mouth-of-cosmos emanation.

Characters & Entities

• Savitṛ
• Pūṣan
• Aṃśumān
• Viṣṇu
• Cosmic emergence

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The same divine light that sustains also dissolves; recognizing this fosters detachment and disciplined worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a single named site in this verse; it supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader tīrtha-mahātmya by establishing the greatness of solar darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it provides theological contemplation suitable for recitation during sunrise practices.