Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

वसुदेवगृहे भूयः संकर्षणसहायवान् । अवतीर्णो जगन्नाथो वासुदेवो युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

vasudevagṛhe bhūyaḥ saṃkarṣaṇasahāyavān | avatīrṇo jagannātho vāsudevo yudhiṣṭhira

Translation

De nouveau, dans la demeure de Vasudeva, descendit le Seigneur de l’univers—Vāsudeva—assisté de Saṃkarṣaṇa, ô Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

• वसुदेवगृहे: in the house of Vasudeva
• वसुदेवगृहे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुदेव-गृह (प्रातिपदिक; वसुदेव + गृह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वसुदेवस्य गृहः)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थे (adverb: 'again/once more')

• संकर्षणसहायवान्: having Saṅkarṣaṇa as helper
• संकर्षणसहायवान्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकर्षण-सहायवत् (प्रातिपदिक; संकर्षण + सहायवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (संकर्षणः सहायः यस्य)

• अवतीर्णः: descended/incarnated
• अवतीर्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-तॄ (धातु) → अवतीर्ण (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जगन्नाथः: Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-नाथ (प्रातिपदिक; जगत् + नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथः)

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style; address to Yudhiṣṭhira retained as narrative vocative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mathurā (Vasudeva-gṛha/Janmasthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night in Mathurā: the ‘house of Vasudeva’ as a sanctified interior; Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) appearing/descending with Saṃkarṣaṇa (Balarāma) as supportive presence; a narrator addressing Yudhiṣṭhira.

Characters & Entities

• Vasudeva
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Saṃkarṣaṇa (Balarāma)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Jagannātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme descends repeatedly for the world’s welfare, taking approachable human settings while remaining Jagannātha, the Lord of all.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the sacred setting of Vāsudeva’s household (Kṛṣṇa’s birth context) rather than a named Revā tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is mentioned in this shloka.