Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

मानयस्व इमान् विप्रान्मोचयस्व दिवाकरम् । अपहृत्य तमो येन कृपा सद्यः प्रवर्तते

Transliteration

mānayasva imān viprānmocayasva divākaram | apahṛtya tamo yena kṛpā sadyaḥ pravartate

Translation

Honore ces brāhmaṇas ; délivre le Soleil. En chassant les ténèbres, que la miséricorde s’exerce aussitôt.

Word by Word

• मानयस्व: honour (you)
• मानयस्व: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मानय् (धातु √मान्/मानय्, णिच्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• इमान्: these
• इमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विप्रान्: brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• मोचयस्व: release (you)
• मोचयस्व: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मोचय् (धातु √मुच्, णिच्)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• दिवाकरम्: the Sun
• दिवाकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपहृत्य: having removed
• अपहृत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप-हृ (धातु √हृ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• कृपा: compassion
• कृपा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb)

• प्रवर्तते: arises/sets in motion
• प्रवर्तते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वृत् (धातु √वृत्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

The king (addressing Śāṇḍilī, per immediate narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense dawn held back: sages and brāhmaṇas stand before a resolute woman; the Sun is symbolically ‘bound’ behind a veil of darkness, while a plea is made to honor the brāhmaṇas and release the light so mercy may flow.

Characters & Entities

• Śāṇḍilī (implied addressee)
• brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)
• Divākara (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respect for the righteous and restoration of cosmic order (light over darkness) are linked with the activation of compassion and auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharmic command within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vipra-satmāna (honoring brāhmaṇas) and a symbolic/ritual act of ‘releasing the Sun’—ending an imposed darkness.