Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्समागमे दिव्ये ब्रह्मविष्ण्वीशमब्रुवन् । भो माण्डव्य महासत्त्व वरदास्तेऽमरैः सह

Transliteration

tasminsamāgame divye brahmaviṣṇvīśamabruvan | bho māṇḍavya mahāsattva varadāste'maraiḥ saha

Translation

In jener göttlichen Versammlung sprachen Brahmā, Viṣṇu und Īśa: „O Māṇḍavya, du großgesinnter—mit den Unsterblichen sind wir hier, um dir Gaben zu gewähren.“

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Loc. sg.)

• समागमे: assembly, gathering
• समागमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Loc. sg.)

• दिव्ये: divine
• दिव्ये: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘समागमे’ इति विशेषण (Loc. sg.)

• ब्रह्मविष्ण्वीशम्: Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Īśa (the triad)
• ब्रह्मविष्ण्वीशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + विष्णु + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: द्वन्द्व (इतरेतर) ‘ब्रह्मा-विष्णु-ईशाः’ इति; एकवचनं समाहार/समुदायवाचकं, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Acc. sg. as collective)

• अब्रुवन्: they said
• अब्रुवन्: Kriya (Main predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; धातु: ब्रू

• भो: O!
• भो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• माण्डव्य: O Māṇḍavya
• माण्डव्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Voc. sg.)

• महासत्त्व: O great-souled one
• महासत्त्व: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय ‘महान् सत्त्वः’ (great being); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• वरदाः: boon-giving
• वरदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष ‘वरं ददाति’ (giver of boons); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Gen. sg.)

• अमरैः: with the immortals (gods)
• अमरैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instr. pl.)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक (postposition/particle meaning ‘with’)

Speaker

Brahmā–Viṣṇu–Īśa (Trimūrti) addressing Māṇḍavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant triad—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Īśa—appears in a celestial assembly with devas; they address sage Māṇḍavya seated in austerity, hands folded.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Īśa (Śiva)
• Māṇḍavya
• Amaras (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Severe tapas, when aligned with dharma, draws divine recognition and culminates in grace (vara).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha where Māṇḍavya’s austerity becomes the cause of a divine assembly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights tapas as the spiritual discipline leading to boons.