Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

त्वत्प्रसादेन ईशान पूज्योऽहं सर्वदैवतैः । कृतार्थो ह्यद्य संजातस्तव दर्शनभाषणात्

Transliteration

tvatprasādena īśāna pūjyo'haṃ sarvadaivataiḥ | kṛtārtho hyadya saṃjātastava darśanabhāṣaṇāt

Translation

„Durch Deine Gnade, o Īśāna, bin ich von allen Gottheiten verehrungswürdig. Heute bin ich wahrlich erfüllt, durch Dein Schauen und Dein Wort an mich.“

Word by Word

• tvat-prasādena: by your grace
• tvat-prasādena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'त्वत्-प्रसादेन' = 'त्वदीयेन प्रसादेन'; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• īśāna: O Īśāna
• īśāna: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• pūjyaḥ: worthy of worship
• pūjyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate to aham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) → pūjya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; यत्/ण्यम्-प्रत्यय, gerundive)
• Form: कृत्य (gerundive: 'to be worshipped'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sarva-daivataiḥ: by all the deities
• sarva-daivataiḥ: Karana (Agent in passive/Instrument) (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + daivata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय: 'सर्वैः दैवतैः'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• kṛtārthaḥ: fulfilled, successful
• kṛtārthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate to aham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √kṛ, क्त) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: 'कृतः अर्थः यस्य' (sense: fulfilled); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis/indeed)

• adya: today, now
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• saṃjātaḥ: has become, arisen
• saṃjātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate to aham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jan (धातु) → saṃjāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम् + √jan, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective

• tava: of you, your
• tava: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• darśana-bhāṣaṇāt: from (your) seeing and speaking
• darśana-bhāṣaṇāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: 'दर्शनं च भाषणं च'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्व एकवचन)

Speaker

Maṅgala (Aṅgāraka/Mars)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgaleśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maṅgala expresses gratitude, acknowledging that by Śiva’s grace he is honored by all gods; the moment is calm, with folded hands and a softened, fulfilled expression.

Characters & Entities

• Īśāna (Śiva)
• Maṅgala
• Sarvadaivata (all deities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual worth and honor arise from divine grace; darśana (holy vision) is portrayed as transformative and fulfilling.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger passage culminates in the Māṅgaleśvara context in Revā-khaṇḍa; this verse itself praises Śiva’s grace rather than naming the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on grace received through darśana and communion with Śiva.