Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

चतुर्थं वायुना प्रोक्तं वायवीयमिति स्मृतम् । शिवभक्तिसमायोगाच्छैवं तच्चापराख्यया

Transliteration

caturthaṃ vāyunā proktaṃ vāyavīyamiti smṛtam | śivabhaktisamāyogācchaivaṃ taccāparākhyayā

Translation

Das vierte, von Vāyu verkündet, wird als Vāyavīya in Erinnerung gehalten. Und weil es mit der Hingabe an Śiva verbunden ist, ist es auch unter einem anderen Namen als das Śaiva-(Purāṇa) bekannt.

Word by Word

• चतुर्थम्: the fourth
• चतुर्थम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (ordinal: "fourth")

• वायुना: by Vāyu
• वायुना: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• प्रोक्तम्: declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन ("spoken/declared")

• वायवीयम्: (called) Vāyavīya
• वायवीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyavīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (name/epithet: "Vāyavīya")

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• स्मृतम्: is known/remembered
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन ("is remembered/known")

• शिवभक्तिसमायोगात्: because of connection with devotion to Śiva
• शिवभक्तिसमायोगात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva + bhakti + samāyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ("from the association with devotion to Śiva")

• शैवम्: (called) Śaiva
• शैवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (name/epithet: "Śaiva")

• तत्: that (Purāṇa)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन ("that")

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• अपराख्यया: by another name
• अपराख्यया: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apara + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ("by another name/appellation")

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti), addressing Śaunaka and the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ṛṣisattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāyu (personified deity) is evoked as the speaker of the Vāyavīya; the scene can show a wind-deity figure presenting a manuscript, while Śiva’s liṅga or icon appears as the devotional center that gives the text its ‘Śaiva’ name.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Vāyavīya Purāṇa
• Śiva
• Śaiva Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Texts are identified not only by authorship but by theological orientation; association with Śiva-bhakti defines a Purāṇa’s devotional character.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse classifies a Purāṇa by its Śaiva devotional content.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the focus is on naming and sectarian characterization (Śaiva) rather than rites.