Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 158

Devanagari script

प्रीते गुरौ ततः सर्वं जगत्प्रीतं सुरासुरम् । यद्यदिष्टतमं लोके यत्किंचिद्दयितं गृहे

Transliteration

prīte gurau tataḥ sarvaṃ jagatprītaṃ surāsuram | yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yatkiṃciddayitaṃ gṛhe

Translation

Wenn der Guru zufrieden ist, dann ist die ganze Welt zufrieden — Götter wie Asuras gleichermaßen. Was immer in der Welt am meisten geschätzt wird, und was immer im Hause lieb und teuer ist —

Word by Word

• prīte: when (the guru is) pleased
• prīte: Kāla (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √prī (धातु) → prīta (कृदन्त)
• Form: प्री-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (सप्तमी-absolute)

• gurau: in/with regard to the guru
• gurau: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचनम्

• tataḥ: therefore/then
• tataḥ: Hetu/Anantara (Cause/Then)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); तस्मात्/ततः = तदनन्तरम्/तस्मात् कारणात्

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• jagat-prītam: the world (becomes) pleased
• jagat-prītam: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + prīta (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (प्रीतं जगत् इति/जगत्-प्रकारेण प्रीतम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• sura-asuram: (including) gods and demons
• sura-asuram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of jagat)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समासः (सुराश्च असुराश्च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (समुदायार्थ)

• yat: whatever
• yat: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यद्-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• yat: whatever
• yat: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यद्-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्त-सम्बन्ध (correlative)

• iṣṭatamam: most desired
• iṣṭatamam: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: iṣṭa (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + tama (तमत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: इष्/इच्छ्-सम्बद्ध ‘इष्ट’ (प्रिय) + तमत् (superlative); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचनम्

• yat: whatever
• yat: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यद्-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• kiñcit: anything
• kiñcit: Viśeṣya (Indefinite)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiñcit (सर्वनाम/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: किम्-शब्दस्य अनिश्चितार्थक रूपम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• dayitam: dear/beloved
• dayitam: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dayita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• gṛhe: in the house/home
• gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A guru seated serenely; around him symbolic figures of devas and asuras soften their expressions, indicating universal appeasement; the disciple holds treasured household items, ready to offer.

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• sura
• asura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pleasing the guru harmonizes one’s life with cosmic order; guru-grace is portrayed as universally efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader dharma of pilgrimage and right conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It introduces the rule that one should offer even one’s most cherished possessions to the guru (continued in the next verse).