Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

हृष्टस्तुष्टः श्रिया सार्द्धं पद्मयोनिसुतो भृगुः । अभीचि उदये प्राप्ते कृतकौतुकमङ्गलः

Transliteration

hṛṣṭastuṣṭaḥ śriyā sārddhaṃ padmayonisuto bhṛguḥ | abhīci udaye prāpte kṛtakautukamaṅgalaḥ

Translation

Daraufhin freute sich Bhṛgu — Sohn des Lotosgeborenen (Brahmā) — und war völlig zufrieden; zusammen mit Śrī (Lakṣmī) vollzog er, als die glückverheißende Stunde des Aufgangs von Abhīci gekommen war, die festlichen Weihehandlungen und die heilsamen, segensreichen Zeremonien.

Word by Word

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective

• तुष्टः: satisfied
• तुष्टः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective

• श्रिया: with Śrī (Lakṣmī)/splendour
• श्रिया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahartha (Association/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with, together with)

• पद्मयोनिसुतः: son of the lotus-born (Brahmā)
• पद्मयोनिसुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मयोनि + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पद्मयोनिः = ब्रह्मा; तस्य सुतः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• भृगुः: Bhṛgu
• भृगुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• अभीचि: in Abhīcī (a place)
• अभीचि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular (in Abhīcī)

• उदये: at the rising/sunrise
• उदये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular (at sunrise/at rising)

• प्राप्ते: when (it) had arrived
• प्राप्ते: Sati-saptami (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त; पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative absolute with ‘उदये’ (when sunrise had come)

• कृतकौतुकमङ्गलः: having performed festive rites/auspicious ceremonies
• कृतकौतुकमङ्गलः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + कौतुक + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कृतं कौतुकं मङ्गलं यस्य/कृत-कौतुक-मङ्गलः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Nominative singular

Speaker

Narrator (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s account in this adhyāya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra foundation moment (Abhīci-udaya muhūrta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within Revākhaṇḍa frame (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhṛgu, radiant with satisfaction, stands with Śrī (Lakṣmī) as the auspicious astral moment arrives; he performs festive consecration rites—kautuka-tying, maṅgala offerings, lamps, and Vedic recitation—near the sacred river setting.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Brahmā (Padmayoni)
• Śrī/Lakṣmī
• Abhīci

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred foundations are ideally aligned with auspicious time and performed with śraddhā and maṅgala rites, linking dharma, cosmos, and place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha-zone being established in the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative, culminating in the celebrated kṣetra of Bhṛgukaccha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kautuka-maṅgala—festive auspicious rites connected with consecration/foundation at a proper muhūrta.