Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

चातुर्विद्यस्य संस्थानं करोमि रमया सह । यदि त्वं मन्यसे देव तदादेशय मां विभो

Transliteration

cāturvidyasya saṃsthānaṃ karomi ramayā saha | yadi tvaṃ manyase deva tadādeśaya māṃ vibho

Translation

ৰমাৰ সৈতে মিলি মই চতুৰ্বিদ্যাৰ এক আসন-স্থান স্থাপন কৰিব খোজোঁ। যদি তুমি অনুমোদন কৰা, হে দেৱ, তেন্তে হে বিভো, মোক আদেশ দিয়া।

Word by Word

• चातुर्विद्यस्य: of the fourfold knowledge
• चातुर्विद्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्विद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चतुर् + विद्या), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• संस्थानम्: an establishment/institution
• संस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• करोमि: I make/establish
• करोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• रमया: with Ramā (Lakṣmī)
• रमया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Association/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (prepositional adverb ‘with’)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (conditional conjunction)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• मन्यसे: you think/approve
• मन्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• देव: O god/lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; Vocative singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• आदेशय: command/order
• आदेशय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दिश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• विभो: O all-pervading lord
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; Vocative singular

Speaker

Bhṛgu

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Śrī (Ramā)
• Kacchapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Learning and sacred institutions should be founded with divine consent and aligned with the guardianship of the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kacchapa-supported locality in the Revā Khaṇḍa is presented as fit for a dharmic center of learning.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed ritual; it requests authorization (ādeśa) to establish a saṃsthāna (institution/seat).