Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

एतच्छ्रुत्वा महातेजा ह्यमृतायास्ततो वचः । सस्मार स च देवेशं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्

Transliteration

etacchrutvā mahātejā hyamṛtāyāstato vacaḥ | sasmāra sa ca deveśaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam

Translation

Als er diese Worte der Amṛtā (Narmadā) vernahm, gedachte jener von großer Strahlkraft des Herrn, der Muschel, Diskus und Keule trägt.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (absolutive/gerund, 'having heard')

• महातेजाः: the great-lustrous one
• महातेजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्ययम् (particle; emphasis)

• अमृतायाः: of Amṛtā
• अमृतायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (Feminine, Genitive, Singular)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कारण-अव्ययम् (adverb: 'therefrom/then')

• वचः: words/speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• सस्मार: remembered
• सस्मार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (परस्मैपदम्), प्रथमा-पुरुषः, एकवचनम् (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• देवेशम्: the Lord of gods
• देवेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्: bearing conch, discus, and mace
• शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गदा (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त, धृ-धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; बहुपद-समासः (Masculine, Accusative, Singular; 'bearing conch, discus, and mace')

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice) describing the response

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Amṛtā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After hearing Amṛtā’s words, the mighty figure recollects the Lord Viṣṇu, envisioned with conch, discus, and mace—an inner vision preceding divine descent.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Amṛtā)
• Viṣṇu (Śaṅkhacakragadādhara)
• Śiva (context as Deveśa earlier)
• Brahmā (implied in narrative)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma and revelation are threatened, divine remembrance and invocation bring protective power into action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tradition remains the narrative frame; this verse highlights divine intervention rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, smaraṇa (remembrance/invocation) of the Lord is modeled, though no formal rite is detailed.