Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तौ मया पार्थ तौ देवौ कृष्णशङ्करौ । मामूचतुः प्रहृष्टौ तौ निवासार्थं युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

evamuktau mayā pārtha tau devau kṛṣṇaśaṅkarau | māmūcatuḥ prahṛṣṭau tau nivāsārthaṃ yudhiṣṭhira

Translation

Als ich so gesprochen hatte, o Pārtha, antworteten mir jene beiden Gottheiten—Kṛṣṇa und Śaṅkara—voll Freude über ihr Verweilen, o Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) = thus

• उक्तौ: (when) addressed/spoken to
• उक्तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; ‘(तौ) उक्तौ’ = having been addressed/said to

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent in passive/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (by me)

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• देवौ: the two gods
• देवौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• कृष्ण-शङ्करौ: Kṛṣṇa and Śaṅkara
• कृष्ण-शङ्करौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (Kṛṣṇa and Śaṅkara)

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

• ऊचतुः: said (to)
• ऊचतुः: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रहृष्टौ: delighted
• प्रहृष्टौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-हृष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि (past participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन (पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः)

• निवास-अर्थम्: for dwelling
• निवास-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose of residence)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating to Yudhiṣṭhira, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa and Śaṅkara, pleased, lean slightly forward as if speaking; their expressions are gentle and approving, signaling acceptance of the request to abide at the place.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha (Arjuna epithet used as address)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kṛṣṇa
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace responds joyfully to sincere requests rooted in dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed Narmadā-side site in Revā Khaṇḍa where Kṛṣṇa and Śaṅkara are asked to reside.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it introduces the divine reply concerning their ‘nivāsa’ (abiding presence).