Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

कथयन्राजते राजा कैलास इव शङ्करः । एवं स पालयन्राज्यं राजा मन्त्रिणमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

kathayanrājate rājā kailāsa iva śaṅkaraḥ | evaṃ sa pālayanrājyaṃ rājā mantriṇamabravīt

Translation

As he conversed, the king shone like Śaṅkara upon Kailāsa. Thus, while governing the kingdom, the king spoke to his minister.

Word by Word

• kathayan: speaking, narrating
• kathayan: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ्) (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• rājate: shines, appears splendid
• rājate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rāj (राज्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kailāsaḥ: Kailāsa (mountain)
• kailāsaḥ: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iva: like
• iva: Upamā (Comparison marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• śaṅkaraḥ: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṅkaraḥ: Upameya (Compared entity/उपमेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner: 'thus')

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pālayan: protecting, governing
• pālayan: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pāl (पाल्) (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• rājyam: the kingdom
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mantriṇam: the minister
• mantriṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• abravīt: said, spoke
• abravīt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू) (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, unspecified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, radiant while speaking, is visually paralleled with Śaṅkara seated on snowy Kailāsa; then the king turns to address his minister in a composed governance setting.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Kailāsa
• Mantrin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic kingship is sanctified when aligned with divine qualities—clarity, steadiness, and dharmic counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is invoked as a Śaiva ideal; the ongoing chapter context remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it transitions the story into the king’s instruction to his minister.