Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

ऋषिमेलापकं चक्रे पुत्रार्थे राघवो नृप । इन्द्रस्थाने स्थितस्तस्य प्रोक्षते ह्यासनं यतः

Transliteration

ṛṣimelāpakaṃ cakre putrārthe rāghavo nṛpa | indrasthāne sthitastasya prokṣate hyāsanaṃ yataḥ

Translation

Afin d’obtenir un fils, le roi Rāghava organisa une assemblée de ṛṣis ; et, se tenant à la place d’Indra, il fit asperger rituellement le siège, selon l’ordonnance.

Word by Word

• ऋषिमेलापकम्: a gathering/assembly of sages
• ऋषिमेलापकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + मेलापक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ऋषीणां मेलापकः)

• चक्रे: made, arranged
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पुत्रार्थे: for the sake of a son
• पुत्रार्थे: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष (पुत्राय अर्थः)

• राघवः: Rāghava
• राघवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• इन्द्रस्थाने: in Indra's place/seat
• इन्द्रस्थाने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (इन्द्रस्य स्थानम्)

• स्थितः: standing, stationed
• स्थितः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + स्थित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रोक्षते: sprinkles, consecrates
• प्रोक्षते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + उक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

• आसनम्: seat, throne
• आसनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यतः: from which; therefore
• यतः: Sambandha (Causal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कारणवाचक (from which/therefore; causal-relative)

Speaker

Narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa (deductive; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king (Rāghava) convenes a circle of ṛṣis; a consecrated seat is sprinkled with sanctified water while the king stands in the ‘Indra position’—a symbolic posture of sovereignty and ritual leadership.

Characters & Entities

• Rāghava
• Ṛṣi
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desires should be pursued through dharmic means—consulting sages and performing rites with proper ritual order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in the verse; it is situated within the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A formal sage-assembly and ritual sprinkling (prokṣaṇa) of the seat in a designated ‘Indra position’ are indicated.