Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

द्वितीयस्तु महादेवि दुर्वासा नाम नामतः । सृष्टिसंहारकर्ता च स्वयं साक्षान्महेश्वरः

Transliteration

dvitīyastu mahādevi durvāsā nāma nāmataḥ | sṛṣṭisaṃhārakartā ca svayaṃ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ

Translation

Ô grande Devī, le second (fils) porte le nom de Durvāsā. Il est Maheśvara lui-même, manifesté, auteur de la création et de la dissolution.

Word by Word

• द्वितीयः: the second
• द्वितीयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of implied subject, e.g., 'ऋषिः/अध्यायः/पुरुषः')

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• दुर्वासाः: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ऋषिनाम

• नाम: named/called
• नाम: Apposition marker (नामार्थक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः 'called/namely' अर्थे

• नामतः: by name
• नामतः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'by name/as to name'

• सृष्टिसंहारकर्ता: creator and destroyer
• सृष्टिसंहारकर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि + संहार + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; कर्तृ = √कृ (धातु) तृ-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः; 'सृष्टेः संहारस्य च कर्ता' इति; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reflexive adverb)

• साक्षात्: directly/in person
• साक्षात्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — प्रत्यक्षतया/स्वरूपेण

• महेश्वरः: Mahēśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa addressing Devī)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī/Pārvatī (explicit: महादेवि)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā appears as a blazing ascetic with matted locks and trident-like aura; behind him, symbolic cosmic imagery of creation and dissolution—lotus emergence and fire/void—indicating Maheśvara’s functions.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Durvāsā
• Maheśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great sages can be presented as direct manifestations of the divine, revealing Śiva’s presence through dharmic and cosmic functions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding narrative belongs to the Revā (Narmadā) region; this verse itself focuses on identifying Durvāsā’s divinity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a doctrinal identification (tattva/avatāra) statement.