Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सनत्कुमारप्रमुखैः समेतः संतोषयामास ततो यतात्मा

Transliteration

sanatkumārapramukhaiḥ sametaḥ saṃtoṣayāmāsa tato yatātmā

Translation

Daraufhin, mit Sanatkumāra und den übrigen ṛṣis an der Spitze, schenkte der Selbstbeherrschte ihnen Beruhigung und Zufriedenheit.

Word by Word

• sanatkumārapramukhaiḥ: with (those) headed by Sanatkumāra
• sanatkumārapramukhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanatkumāra + pramukha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (sanatkumāra-pramukha: headed by Sanatkumāra)

• sametaḥ: assembled; accompanied
• sametaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + i (इ धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (assembled/together)

• saṃtoṣayāmāsa: satisfied; pleased
• saṃtoṣayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + tuṣ (तुष् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative): he satisfied

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (thereupon/then)

• yatātmā: the self-controlled one
• yatātmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yata + ātman (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (yata-ātmā: self-controlled)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composed, self-restrained figure addresses an assembly of sages headed by Sanatkumāra; their faces soften into reassurance and contentment.

Characters & Entities

• Sanatkumāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sage-guidance and self-mastery pacify fear and restore dharmic clarity in times of uncertainty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse; it is a narrative continuation within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the emphasis is on restraint (yata-ātmā) and counsel.