Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

भक्त्या परमया राजन्सर्वभूतपतिः प्रभुः । स्तुवन्वै तत्र पश्यामि वारिपूर्णांस्ततो घटान्

Transliteration

bhaktyā paramayā rājansarvabhūtapatiḥ prabhuḥ | stuvanvai tatra paśyāmi vāripūrṇāṃstato ghaṭān

Translation

أيها الملك، بعبادةٍ قصوى، وأنا أسبّح الربَّ، سيّدَ جميع الكائنات، رأيتُ هناك جرارًا مملوءةً بالماء حتى حافتها.

Word by Word

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• परमया: supreme
• परमया: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भक्त्या)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्व-भूत-पतिः: lord of all beings
• सर्व-भूत-पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां भूतानां पतिः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Apposition (समाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वभूतपतेः समाधिकरणम्

• स्तुवन्: praising
• स्तुवन्: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तुवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त, present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्तरि, ‘praising’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• वारि-पूर्णान्: filled with water
• वारि-पूर्णान्: Qualifier of object (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारि (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुषः (वारिणा पूर्णः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (घटान्)

• ततः: then, from there
• ततः: Source/Sequence marker (अपादान/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (from there/then)

• घटान्: pots
• घटान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (a devotee describing his experience) to a King (rājan)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra (unspecified ghāṭa/āśrama spot)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, mid-hymn, suddenly sees multiple earthen pots lined up, each filled to the brim with clear water, glinting in sunlight near the riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhu (Lord)
• Sarvabhūtapati (Lord of all beings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supreme devotion and praise of the Lord lead to auspicious vision and divine provision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Revā/Narmadā sacred region), though this verse itself does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (praise) performed with parama-bhakti is implied; no explicit dāna/snānā/japa is stated.