Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

जगादाशु ततो वायुः प्रणम्य तु महेश्वरम् । व्यापकत्वं त्रिलोकेषु प्रार्थयामास भारत

Transliteration

jagādāśu tato vāyuḥ praṇamya tu maheśvaram | vyāpakatvaṃ trilokeṣu prārthayāmāsa bhārata

Translation

Alors Vāyu, s’inclinant promptement devant Maheśvara, pria : «Accorde-moi le pouvoir de me répandre à travers les trois mondes, ô Bhārata».

Word by Word

• जगाद: said
• जगाद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kala/Prakara-adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala-adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (then)

• वायुः: Vāyu (Wind-god)
• वायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), उपसर्ग: प्र-

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• महेश्वरम्: Mahēśvara
• महेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• व्यापकत्वम्: pervasiveness
• व्यापकत्वम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यापकत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रिलोकेषु: in the three worlds
• त्रिलोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयः लोकाः)

• प्रार्थयामास: requested / prayed for
• प्रार्थयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect; periphrastic), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र-; णिच् (causative) भाव: प्रार्थयति

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice) reporting Vāyu’s request to Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇa audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāyu appears as a radiant, swift deity with flowing scarf and swirling aura, bowing to Śiva-Umā; the scene shows wind moving leaves, incense smoke, and river ripples, suggesting triloka-pervasion.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Triloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic functions are fulfilled through divine sanction; even elemental deities approach Śiva with reverence to receive their capacities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Revā (Narmadā) sacred tract is the setting; this verse itself does not specify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the act shown is praṇāma (bowing) and prārthanā (prayer).