Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

एतच्चराचरं देव क्रीडनार्थं त्वया कृतम् । एवं संतप्तदेहेन स्तुतो देवो मया प्रभुः

Transliteration

etaccarācaraṃ deva krīḍanārthaṃ tvayā kṛtam | evaṃ saṃtaptadehena stuto devo mayā prabhuḥ

Translation

O Deva, dieses ganze Bewegliche und Unbewegliche ist von Dir zum göttlichen Spiel (līlā) erschaffen. So habe ich, mit einem vom Leid gequälten Leib, den Herrn, den Meister, gepriesen.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चराचरम्)

• चराचरम्: the moving and the unmoving (all beings)
• चराचरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: समासः द्वन्द्वः (चरं च अचरं च), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• क्रीडन-अर्थम्: for play/sport
• क्रीडन-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रीडन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुषः (क्रीडनस्य अर्थः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (purpose)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana/Agent-in-instrumental (कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• कृतम्: made, created
• कृतम्: Predicate (कर्मणि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘made’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adverbial modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• संतप्त-देहेन: with a tormented body
• संतप्त-देहेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतप्त (तप् धातु → क्त कृदन्त) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः कर्मधारयः (संतप्तः देहः यस्य/संतप्तदेहः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करण/हेतौ (with a scorched body)

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Predicate (कर्मणि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘praised’

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Apposition/Predicate nominal (समाधिकरण/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; देवस्य विशेषणरूपेण अपि

Speaker

A devotee/praiser in the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative (speaker not explicitly named in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A weary devotee on the riverbank, body heat-worn and dusted, hands folded in praise; behind, the cosmos hinted as a playful unfolding from the Lord.

Characters & Entities

• Carācara (moving and unmoving creation)
• Prabhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in suffering, one should turn to stuti and remembrance, seeing the cosmos as upheld by the Lord’s purposeful līlā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-khaṇḍa context implies the sanctity of the Revā-region, though this verse itself is universal in scope.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the devotional act highlighted is stotra (praise) as a dharmic response to hardship.