Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

श्रिया युक्तं सुपर्णस्थं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् । सुरारिसूदनं दध्यौ सुगतिर्मे भवत्विति

Transliteration

śriyā yuktaṃ suparṇasthaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam | surārisūdanaṃ dadhyau sugatirme bhavatviti

Translation

Er gedachte des Bezwingers der Feinde der Götter: Viṣṇu, mit Śrī vereint, auf Garuḍa sitzend, die Muschel, den Diskus und die Keule tragend, und sprach im Geist: „Möge mir der gute Pfad zuteilwerden.“

Word by Word

• श्रिया: with Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• श्रिया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/सह (instrumental)

• युक्तम्: associated (with)
• युक्तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘युक्त’ (joined/associated)

• सुपर्णस्थम्: seated on Garuḍa
• सुपर्णस्थम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपर्ण + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुपर्णे तिष्ठति इति), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्: bearing conch, discus, and mace
• शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्ख + चक्र + गदा + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/तत्पुरुष-समास (शङ्खं चक्रं गदां च धरति इति), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सुरारिसूदनम्: slayer of the enemies of the gods
• सुरारिसूदनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + अरि + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुराणाम् अरिणां सूदनः), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• दध्यौ: he meditated
• दध्यौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुगतिः: good destiny / good path
• सुगतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुगति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मे: for me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• भवतु: may it be
• भवतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-marker (Quotation/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative particle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual narration within the Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha-prabhāva tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana (addressed in the unit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Viṣṇu with Śrī on his chest, seated upon Garuḍa with outspread wings; conch, discus, and mace gleam; the king’s inner prayer rises like a thin stream of light from his heart.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (Janārdana)
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Garuḍa
• Śaṅkha
• Cakra
• Gadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious destiny (sugati) is sought through concentrated meditation on the Lord’s form and attributes, especially at life’s end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somanātha’s sphere is the sanctifying setting in which such God-remembrance is narrated as especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna on Viṣṇu’s specific form (with Śrī, on Garuḍa, bearing śaṅkha-cakra-gadā) accompanied by a prayer for sugati.