Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तत्राजग्मुः सुराः सर्वे यत्र देवः शतक्रतुः । दृष्ट्वा समागतान् देवानृषींश्चैव महामतिः

Transliteration

tatrājagmuḥ surāḥ sarve yatra devaḥ śatakratuḥ | dṛṣṭvā samāgatān devānṛṣīṃścaiva mahāmatiḥ

Translation

Là, tous les dieux se rendirent auprès du dieu Śatakratu (Indra). Voyant les dieux assemblés et les ṛṣi également, celui au grand esprit (Indra)

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• आजग्मुः: came
• आजग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of सुराः)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्धबोधक देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• देवः: the god (Indra)
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शतक्रतुः: Śatakratu (Indra)
• शतक्रतुः: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शतं क्रतवो यस्य/‘of a hundred rites’ epithet)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having seen)

• समागतान्: assembled, arrived
• समागतान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ√गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of देवान्, ऋषीन्)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• ऋषीन्: the sages
• ऋषीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण/निश्चयार्थक (emphatic particle)

• महामतिः: the great-minded one (Bṛhaspati)
• महामतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती मतिर्यस्य/‘great-minded’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-maṇḍala (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial concourse: devas and ṛṣis converge upon Indra, who stands as Śatakratu amid a luminous, ritual-like assembly near a sacred riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śatakratu)
• Devas
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual transformation becomes publicly affirmed: when grace dawns, even devas and sages converge to witness and endorse dharmic restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The location is the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred setting where Indra performs penance (connected earlier with Skanda-tīrtha), though this verse focuses on the celestial assembly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the arrival of devas and ṛṣis as a consequence of Indra’s tapas.