Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

पतिव्रते महाभागे शृणु वाक्यं तपोधने । मन्यसे यदि नः सर्वान्कुरुष्व वचनं च यत्

Transliteration

pativrate mahābhāge śṛṇu vākyaṃ tapodhane | manyase yadi naḥ sarvānkuruṣva vacanaṃ ca yat

Translation

Ô épouse vouée à ton dharma, ô très fortunée, ô trésor d’austérités, écoute nos paroles. Si tu nous accueilles tous, accomplis donc ce que nous te demandons.

Word by Word

• पतिव्रते: O devoted wife
• पतिव्रते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतिव्रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः—पति+व्रता (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘पतिं प्रति व्रता’

• महाभागे: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभागे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः—महा+भाग (कर्मधारयः)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वाक्यम्: statement, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन

• तपोधने: O one whose wealth is austerity
• तपोधने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः—तपस्+धन (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘तपः धनं यस्याः’

• मन्यसे: you think
• मन्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-सम्बन्धबोधक (conditional conjunction)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; ‘अस्माकम्/नः’ (enclitic)

• सर्वान्: all (of us)
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• कुरुष्व: do, carry out
• कुरुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; ‘कुरु’ + ‘ष्व’ (आत्मनेपद-आदेश)

• वचनम्: command, request
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Mahārṣis and devas (collectively addressing Śāṇḍilyā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of sages/devas addresses Śāṇḍilyā, praising her pativrata and tapas, requesting assent to their plan to avert death.

Characters & Entities

• Mahārṣis
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas and virtue grant moral authority; even sages appeal respectfully to one established in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly named here; the passage belongs to the Revā (Narmadā) sacred narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only a general request to “do as instructed”; the specific rite is not stated in this verse.