Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अहं च स्थापयित्वा तौ शङ्करं कृष्णमव्ययम् । कृतकृत्यस्ततो जातः सम्पूज्य सुसमाहितः

Transliteration

ahaṃ ca sthāpayitvā tau śaṅkaraṃ kṛṣṇamavyayam | kṛtakṛtyastato jātaḥ sampūjya susamāhitaḥ

Translation

Et moi, après avoir établi ces deux—Śaṅkara et l’impérissable Kṛṣṇa—je fus accompli dans mon dessein ; puis, l’esprit recueilli, je les adorai pleinement.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थक; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• स्थापयित्वा: having installed/established
• स्थापयित्वा: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → स्थापय्; स्थापयित्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having caused to be established)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्विवचन; द्वितीया (Accusative, Dual)

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया (Accusative, Singular)

• कृष्णम्: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया (Accusative, Singular)

• अव्ययम्: imperishable, undecaying
• अव्ययम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया (Accusative, Singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘कृष्णम्’/देवम्)

• कृतकृत्यः: one who has accomplished what was to be done
• कृतकृत्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः कर्मधारयः (‘कृतं कृत्यं यस्य’/‘कृतं कृत्यम्’); पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative, Singular); विशेषण (अहम्-कर्तरि)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/काल/क्रमबोधक (then/from that)

• जातः: became
• जातः: Kriya (क्रिया; predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle) प्रयुक्तः; पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा; ‘भू’/‘जन्’ अर्थे—became/was born (as predicate)

• सम्पूज्य: having worshipped well
• सम्पूज्य: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग) → सम्पूज्; सम्पूज्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक—having duly worshipped

• सुसमाहितः: well-composed, fully concentrated
• सुसमाहितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + समाहित (सम्-आ-धा धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative, Singular); विशेषण (अहम्-कर्तरि)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating to Yudhiṣṭhira, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Mārkaṇḍeśvara-associated)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes the installation of two icons—Śaṅkara and imperishable Kṛṣṇa—then performs a composed, full worship at a Narmadā-side shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Receiving grace should culminate in consecration and steady worship—turning a revelation into enduring dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā-side place where the dual deities are installed, forming a lasting sacred center.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deity establishment (sthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā) followed by complete worship (sampūjā) with a composed mind.