Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

पुनर्भूत्वा तु पूतस्त्वं दारुको नाम विश्रुतः । संसेव्य परमं देवं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्

Transliteration

punarbhūtvā tu pūtastvaṃ dāruko nāma viśrutaḥ | saṃsevya paramaṃ devaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam

Translation

Und wenn du wiedergeboren, geläutert, wirst, wirst du als Dāruka berühmt sein; und durch hingebungsvollen Dienst am höchsten Gott—dem Träger von Muschel, Diskus und Keule—wirst du weiter voranschreiten.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘again’

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; ‘having become’

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): emphasis/contrast ‘but/indeed’

• पूतः: purified
• पूतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत (प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘pavitra-karaṇe’ से क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण ‘purified’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (सर्वनाम), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 2nd person pronoun

• दारुकः: Dāruka
• दारुकः: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; proper name

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Viśeṣaṇa-sambandha (Naming particle/नाम-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): ‘by name’ (नाम-प्रयोग)

• विश्रुतः: well-known
• विश्रुतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक; √श्रु ‘श्रवणे’ से क्त, उपसर्ग वि-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण ‘well-known’

• संसेव्य: having served/worshipped
• संसेव्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+सेव् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having served/after worshipping’; उपसर्ग सम्-

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• देवम्: the god (deity)
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्: bearing conch, discus, and mace
• शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्ख + चक्र + गदा + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘शङ्खं चक्रं गदां च धरति’

Speaker

Indra (instruction quoted within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (explicitly addressed later as 'O King')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra’s prophetic blessing: a purified being destined to be reborn as the renowned Dāruka, shown in reverent posture while a radiant Viṣṇu with conch, discus, and mace appears as the goal of service.

Characters & Entities

• Dāruka
• Viṣṇu (Śaṅkhacakragadādhara)
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification through sacred place and devotion culminates in bhakti to the Supreme, showing harmony of tīrtha and deity-worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Revā/Narmadā setting that enables purification, though the verse emphasizes the post-rebirth path of devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devoted service/worship (saṃsevā) of Viṣṇu, identified by the conch, discus, and mace.