Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

वयं तु सर्वसम्पन्ना भक्तिग्राह्याः सदैव हि । इत्युक्ता सा तदा राज्ञी वेदवेदाङ्गपारगान्

Transliteration

vayaṃ tu sarvasampannā bhaktigrāhyāḥ sadaiva hi | ityuktā sā tadā rājñī vedavedāṅgapāragān

Translation

„Wir aber sind in allem reichlich versorgt; wahrlich, wir sollen stets allein durch Hingabe empfangen werden.“ So belehrt, wandte sich die Königin daraufhin den Meistern der Veden und Vedāṅgas zu.

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse marker (contrast/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• सर्वसम्पन्नाः: fully endowed/prosperous
• सर्वसम्पन्नाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + सम्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘वयम्’)

• भक्तिग्राह्याः: to be accepted through devotion
• भक्तिग्राह्याः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + ग्राह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘वयम्’)

• सदैव: always
• सदैव: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Discourse marker (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative)

• उक्ता: having been told
• उक्ता: Predicate participle (describing ‘सा’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि: ‘having been told’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• राज्ञी: the queen
• राज्ञी: Apposition (to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सा’ इत्यस्य अपपद-विशेषणम्

• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगान्: those versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + वेदाङ्ग + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘ब्राह्मणान्’ इत्यर्थे (object of implied ‘आहूय/आह्वयत्’)

Speaker

Nārada (first sentence), then Mārkaṇḍeya narrating the action

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Revākhaṇḍa setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Queen

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, serene and self-possessed, indicates that he and his kind are already provided for and accept only devotion; the queen turns toward Veda- and Vedāṅga-knowing brāhmaṇas assembled nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Queen (Rājñī)
• Veda-vedāṅga-pāragas (learned brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest spiritual exchange is grounded in bhakti; material gifts are secondary, and charity should be directed where it truly serves.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s dharma-narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly: honor sages through devotion (bhakti) and redirect material dāna to appropriate recipients.