Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तथा पुनर्नवः कायो भवेद्वै मम शङ्कर । तथा कुरु विरूपाक्ष नमस्तुभ्यं पुनः पुनः

Transliteration

tathā punarnavaḥ kāyo bhavedvai mama śaṅkara | tathā kuru virūpākṣa namastubhyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

Translation

«Et encore, ô Śaṅkara, que mon corps soit de nouveau renouvelé. Fais-le ainsi, ô Virūpākṣa ; je me prosterne devant toi encore et encore.»

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• पुनर्नवः: again new/renewed
• पुनर्नवः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुनर् + नव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (पुनः नवः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कायः: body
• कायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवेत्: may become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• शङ्कर: O Śaṅkara
• शङ्कर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• कुरु: do (it)
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• विरूपाक्ष: O Virūpākṣa (odd-eyed one)
• विरूपाक्ष: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरूप + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (विरूपे अक्षिणी यस्य सः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: नमः-शब्दः (निपातवत्), दत्तिविभक्त्यर्थे प्रयोगः; ‘नमः + चतुर्थी’

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/आवृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• पुनः: again and again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Piṅgala (Agni)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (Virūpākṣa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Piṅgala, afflicted yet hopeful, bows repeatedly to Virūpākṣa-Śaṅkara, asking for a renewed body—an intimate moment of healing supplication at a sacred riverside.

Characters & Entities

• Piṅgala (Agni)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Virūpākṣa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repeated reverence and surrender to Śiva accompanies the request for renewal—devotion frames healing as grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the sanctifying episode situated in the Revākhaṇḍa sacred geography (Bhṛgukaccha/Devakhāta narrative flow).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual instruction; it exemplifies stuti (reverent salutation) and petition for divine healing.