Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
आदौ पितामहस्तावत्समस्तजगतः प्रभुः । मनसा तस्य संजाता दशैव ऋषिपुंगवाः
Transliteration
ādau pitāmahastāvatsamastajagataḥ prabhuḥ | manasā tasya saṃjātā daśaiva ṛṣipuṃgavāḥ
Translation
Zu Beginn brachte der Pitāmaha, der Herr der ganzen Welt, allein durch seinen Geist zehn erhabenste Ṛṣis hervor.
Word by Word
आदौin the beginning
आदौ:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; सप्तमी-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: 'in the beginning')
पितामहःthe Grandfather (Brahmā)
पितामहः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तावत्then/indeed
तावत्:
Sambandha/Prayojaka (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; परिमाण/अवधारणार्थक (so much/for that long; here: 'then/indeed')
समस्तजगतःof the entire world
समस्तजगतः:
Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसमस्त + जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (जगत्), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; समासः—समस्तं जगत् (कर्मधारयः)
प्रभुःthe lord/master
प्रभुः:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेष्य-विशेषणभावे पितामहस्य
मनसाby (his) mind
मनसा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
संजाताःwere born/arose
संजाताः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (past participle used predicatively: 'were born/arose'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि—ऋषिपुंगवाः
दशten
दश:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootदशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (ऋषिपुंगवाः इति)
एवindeed/only
एव:
Sambandha/Prayojaka (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)
ऋषिपुंगवाःthe foremost sages
ऋषिपुंगवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—ऋषीणां पुंगवाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)
Speaker
Mārkaṇḍeya
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: A Soma-vaṃśa kṣatriya (implied)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Brahmā, the Grandsire, seated on a lotus, emanates ten great sages through mental creation; the sages appear as luminous figures around him.
Characters & Entities
P
Pitāmaha (Brahmā)Ṛ
Ṛṣipuṃgavas (ten sages)FAQs
Tīrtha narratives are rooted in cosmic beginnings, linking sacred places to the primordial order of dharma.
No site is named in this verse; it sets the mythic origin framework for the chapter’s tīrtha account.
None.