Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा महाभागो बाणो भक्तिमतां वरः । स्तोत्रेण देवदेवेशं छन्दयामास भारत

Transliteration

evamuktvā mahābhāgo bāṇo bhaktimatāṃ varaḥ | stotreṇa devadeveśaṃ chandayāmāsa bhārata

Translation

So sprechend begann der glückselige Bāṇa—der Vornehmste unter den Frommen—o Bhārata, den Herrn der Götter mit einem Hymnus zu erfreuen und zu besänftigen.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/absolutive)

• महाभागः: the fortunate one
• महाभागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: महा + भाग (कर्मधारय)

• बाणः: Bāṇa
• बाणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेष्य (महाभागः)

• भक्तिमताम्: of the devotees
• भक्तिमताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्तिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• वरः: the best
• वरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (apposition)

• स्तोत्रेण: with a hymn
• स्तोत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• देव: god
• देव: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद)

• देवेशम्: the Lord of gods
• देवेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः: देव-देवेश (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयभाव: देवेषु ईशः)

• छन्दयामास: pleased / propitiated
• छन्दयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छन्दय् (धातु; causative of √छन्द्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदी; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice addressing Bhārata)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa Śiva-sthānas (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bāṇa, radiant with devotion, begins a formal hymn before the Lord of gods; attendants or subtle divine presence suggests the deity is being 'charmed' by the cadence; the scene shifts from pleading to confident praise.

Characters & Entities

• Bāṇa
• Śiva (Devadeveśa)
• Bhārata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After surrender comes stuti—devotional praise that softens the heart and draws divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions as a narrative bridge into the Śiva-stotra within the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act of stotra (hymnic praise) is implied as a devotional practice, though no formal rite is prescribed.