Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

ततो जनार्दनो देव आगत्येदमुवाच ह

Transliteration

tato janārdano deva āgatyedamuvāca ha

Translation

Then the god Janārdana arrived and spoke these words.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); जनार्दनस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) ‘आगम्’ → ‘आगत्य’; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed; surely
• ह: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgāvāhaka

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Janārdana manifests before meditating Gaṅgā on the Narmadā bank—radiant, four-armed, with conch and discus; Gaṅgā rises in reverence as the moment of speech begins.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast tapas and devotion culminate in divine darśana—God personally comes to respond.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative remains situated in the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred milieu, where holy presences and boons are thematically linked to pilgrimage merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it introduces the deity’s speech that follows.