Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

उत्कृष्टरसरसायनखड्गां जनविवरपादुकासिद्धिः । चिह्नं हि तव नतानां दृश्यत इह जन्मनि प्रकटम्

Transliteration

utkṛṣṭarasarasāyanakhaḍgāṃ janavivarapādukāsiddhiḥ | cihnaṃ hi tava natānāṃ dṛśyata iha janmani prakaṭam

Translation

Les signes de Ta grâce sur ceux qui se prosternent devant Toi se révèlent en cette vie même : élixirs sublimes et essences rajeunissantes, épée victorieuse, et même des siddhi merveilleux—circuler sans entrave parmi les hommes et obtenir le pouvoir des sandales sacrées (marche rapide et protégée).

Word by Word

• उत्कृष्ट: excellent
• उत्कृष्ट: (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्कृष्ट (कृदन्त; √कृष् (धातु) + क्त, उपसर्ग उत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• रसरसायन: elixir/essence and alchemical potion
• रसरसायन: (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस-रसायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; समासः—रस+रसायन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• खड्गाम्: a sword (of excellent elixir/alchemy)
• खड्गाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पूर्वपद-विशेषणसमासः—उत्कृष्ट-रसरसायन-खड्गा (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• जन: people
• जन: (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• विवर: hole/opening
• विवर: (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• पादुका: sandals
• पादुका: (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादुका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• सिद्धिः: (the siddhis like) people-(attraction), making openings, and sandals (magical attainments)
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—जन+विवर+पादुका+सिद्धिः (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; a set of siddhis)

• चिह्नम्: a sign/mark
• चिह्नम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (explanatory/emphatic particle)

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• नतानाम्: of the devotees who bow
• नतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नत (कृदन्त; √नम् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural; 'of those who have bowed')

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (Present Indicative, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• जन्मनि: in (this) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• प्रकटम्: manifestly, openly
• प्रकटम्: Kriya-vishesana (Predicate adjective/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

Speaker

Bhṛgu (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra anugraha-lakṣaṇas

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bows at a riverside shrine; around them appear symbolic ‘grace-marks’: a glowing rasāyana vial, fragrant herbs, a radiant sword of victory, and mystical pādukās suggesting swift protected travel; onlookers part as the devotee moves unhindered.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s compassion is not only posthumous; its signs can become visible even within one’s present life for those who sincerely bow in devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa context (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography), though this particular line emphasizes Śiva’s grace rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the act highlighted is praṇāma (bowing) as an expression of bhakti.