Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

भवंतु यज्ञसंभारानानयंतु त्वरान्विताः । श्वेतद्वीपमथो गत्वा चक्रे चक्रिणमच्युतम्

Transliteration

bhavaṃtu yajñasaṃbhārānānayaṃtu tvarānvitāḥ | śvetadvīpamatho gatvā cakre cakriṇamacyutam

Translation

«Sie sollen die Opfergeräte für das Yajña zusammentragen und eilends herbeibringen.» Dann ging er nach Śvetadvīpa und setzte Acyuta—den Träger des Diskus—als leitende Macht des Ritus ein.

Word by Word

• भवन्तु: let them be / may they become
• भवन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यज्ञसंभारान्: sacrificial requisites, materials for the sacrifice
• यज्ञसंभारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + संभार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य संभाराः)

• आनयन्तु: let them bring
• आनयन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• त्वरान्विताः: endowed with haste, quickly
• त्वरान्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरा + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुषः (त्वरया अन्विताः)

• श्वेतद्वीपम्: Śvetadvīpa (the White Island)
• श्वेतद्वीपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत + द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (द्वीपः पुं), द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्वेतः द्वीपः)

• अथो: then
• अथो: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (sequence/transition particle: then/and then)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive); ‘having gone’

• चक्रे: he made, he performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• चक्रिणम्: the discus-bearer (Viṣṇu)
• चक्रिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेष-नाम/विशेषण-रूपेण (one who bears the discus)

• अच्युतम्: Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• अच्युतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya frame implied; reporting Dakṣa’s arrangements)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śvetadvīpa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa dispatches/visits Śvetadvīpa—an otherworldly white, luminous island-realm—where Acyuta, the discus-bearer, is enthroned; Dakṣa formally appoints him as the presiding power for the yajña; attendants carry yajña-sambhāras in haste.

Characters & Entities

• Śvetadvīpa
• Viṣṇu (Acyuta, Cakrin)
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even grand rituals seek divine sanction; sacred action is strengthened when aligned with the supreme (Acyuta).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śvetadvīpa is mentioned as a divine realm associated with Viṣṇu, functioning as sacred geography within the Purāṇic map.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bringing yajña-saṃbhāras (materials) swiftly and establishing a presiding divine principle for the sacrifice.