Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

संमतौ सर्वदेवानामादित्यतनयावुभौ । नासत्यौ सत्त्वसंपन्नौ सर्वदुःखघ्नसत्तमौ

Transliteration

saṃmatau sarvadevānāmādityatanayāvubhau | nāsatyau sattvasaṃpannau sarvaduḥkhaghnasattamau

Translation

Both—sons of Āditya—were approved by all the gods: the Nāsatyas, endowed with noble excellence, the most eminent who destroy every sorrow.

Word by Word

• संमतौ: approved, esteemed
• संमतौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+मन् (धातु) → संमत (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative dual; ‘approved/accepted’

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — Masculine, Genitive plural; समास: सर्वे देवाः (all the gods)

• आदित्यतनयौ: the two sons of Āditya
• आदित्यतनयौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य-तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative dual; तत्पुरुष: आदित्यस्य तनयौ

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative dual; सर्वनाम — pronoun

• नासत्यौ: the Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
• नासत्यौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative dual (proper epithet of the Aśvins)

• सत्त्वसंपन्नौ: endowed with sattva/virtue
• सत्त्वसंपन्नौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्त्व-संपन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative dual; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष: सत्त्वेन संपन्नौ (endowed with goodness/strength)

• सर्वदुःखघ्नसत्तमौ: best of the good, destroyers of all sorrows
• सर्वदुःखघ्नसत्तमौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-दुःख-घ्न-सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative dual; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: सर्वाणि दुःखानि घ्नन्ति इति (destroyers of all sorrows) + सत्तम (best of the good)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The twin Nāsatyas stand or hover above the riverbank, radiant and symmetrical, as an assembly of devas gestures approval; the atmosphere suggests relief from suffering.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya
• Aśvinau/Nāsatyau
• All Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine approval is linked with service to beings—here, the Aśvins’ healing nature is celebrated as the removal of duḥkha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate context remains Āśvina Tīrtha, though the verse itself focuses on the Aśvins’ divine status.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is descriptive praise (stuti) of the Aśvins.