Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

एवंविधे वर्तमाने यज्ञे स्वर्गसदःसमे । वैशंपायनमासीनं पप्रच्छ जनमेजयः

Transliteration

evaṃvidhe vartamāne yajñe svargasadaḥsame | vaiśaṃpāyanamāsīnaṃ papraccha janamejayaḥ

Translation

Während ein solches Opfer im Gange war—gleich einer Versammlungshalle des Himmels—befragte Janamejaya den dort sitzenden Vaiśaṃpāyana.

Word by Word

• evaṃvidhe: in such a (situation)
• evaṃvidhe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evaṃvidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter usage; here with yajñe: masculine locative)

• vartamāne: while (it was) going on
• vartamāne: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vartamāna (कृदन्त; √vṛt धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); वर्तमान-कृदन्त

• yajñe: in the sacrifice
• yajñe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• svargasadaḥsame: (in the sacrifice) equal to the assembly of heaven
• svargasadaḥsame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + sadaḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (उपमान-तत्पुरुष: ‘स्वर्गस्य सदः इव समः’); सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); यज्ञे विशेषण

• vaiśaṃpāyanam: Vaiśaṃpāyana
• vaiśaṃpāyanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśaṃpāyana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• āsīnam: seated
• āsīnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āsīna (कृदन्त; √ās धातु)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); भूतकृदन्त; vaiśaṃpāyanam विशेषण

• papraccha: asked
• papraccha: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prach (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• janamejayaḥ: Janamejaya
• janamejayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janamejaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (contextual)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Janamejaya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand sacrificial hall resembling svarga’s court: banners, orderly seating of sages, the king present; Vaiśaṃpāyana seated calmly; Janamejaya leaning forward to ask a question.

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Vaiśaṃpāyana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is traditionally transmitted in a yajña-setting through respectful questioning and authoritative narration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references an ongoing yajña as the proper setting for dharmic inquiry and teaching.