Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

प्रचेताश्च वसिष्ठश्च भृगुर्नारद एव च । च्यवनो गालवश्चैव वामदेवो महामुनिः

Transliteration

pracetāśca vasiṣṭhaśca bhṛgurnārada eva ca | cyavano gālavaścaiva vāmadevo mahāmuniḥ

Translation

Allí estaban Pracetā y Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu y también Nārada; asimismo Cyavana, Gālava y Vāmadeva, el gran muni—

Word by Word

• प्रचेताः: the Pracetās (sages)
• प्रचेताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रचेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• भृगुः: Bhṛgu
• भृगुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• च्यवनः: Cyavana
• च्यवनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गालवः: Gālava
• गालवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• वामदेवः: Vāmadeva
• वामदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (वामः + देवः)

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (महान् + मुनिः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-pradeśa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous riverside hermitage on Revā’s bank where famed ṛṣis—Pracetā, Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, Nārada, Cyavana, Gālava, Vāmadeva—arrive or sit in serene council; the river glints behind, with sacrificial fires and deer nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Pracetā
• Vasiṣṭha
• Bhṛgu
• Nārada
• Cyavana
• Gālava
• Vāmadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a tīrtha is validated by the presence of realized sages, indicating the place’s power to support tapas, japa, and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same supreme Revākhaṇḍa tīrtha of Adhyāya 146, portrayed as visited by eminent ṛṣis.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated directly; the verse continues the catalog of revered visitors to the tīrtha.