Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

जय शङ्खगदापाणे जय चक्रधर प्रभो । इति देवस्तुतिं श्रुत्वा प्रबुद्धो जलशाय्यथ

Transliteration

jaya śaṅkhagadāpāṇe jaya cakradhara prabho | iti devastutiṃ śrutvā prabuddho jalaśāyyatha

Translation

«Sieg dir, o Herr, in dessen Händen Muschel und Keule sind; Sieg dir, o Gebieter, der das Rad (Diskus) trägt.» Als er dieses Lob der Devas vernahm, erwachte daraufhin der auf den Wassern Ruhende.

Word by Word

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात (vocative particle/exclamation)

• शङ्खगदापाणे: O conch-and-mace-in-hand (bearer)
• शङ्खगदापाणे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख-गदा-पाणि (प्रातिपदिक; शङ्ख=conch + गदा=mace + पाणि=hand)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (having conch and mace in hand)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात (vocative particle/exclamation)

• चक्रधर: O discus-bearer
• चक्रधर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र-धर (प्रातिपदिक; चक्र=discus + धर=holder)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (one who holds the discus)

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle: 'thus')

• देवस्तुतिम्: praise by the gods
• देवस्तुतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक; देव=god + स्तुति=praise)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object of hearing)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रुत्वा (कृदन्त; √श्रु (श्रवण) + त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having heard'

• प्रबुद्धः: awakened
• प्रबुद्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रबुद्ध (कृदन्त; प्र+√बुध् (बुधँ) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• जलशायी: the one who lies on the waters
• जलशायी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल-शायी (प्रातिपदिक; जल=water + शायी=lying)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष ('one who lies on water')

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequence marker: 'then/now')

Speaker

Devas (first half); Narrator (second half)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within Revā Khaṇḍa discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas chant ‘jaya’ to the conch-mace-disc-bearing Lord; the reclining Viṣṇu stirs and opens his eyes, aura brightening as the cosmos ‘wakes’.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (Śaṅkha-Gadā-Pāṇi, Cakradhara, Jalaśāyī)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise and surrender draw forth divine responsiveness; the Lord rises to protect when dharma is invoked.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṣīroda (Milk Ocean) is implied through the Lord’s epithet Jalaśāyī and the preceding context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (hymn of praise) is the explicit devotional act.