Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

माण्डव्य उवाच । पूर्वमेव स्थितो यस्माच्छूलं व्याप्योमया सह । प्रसादप्रवणो मह्यमिदानीं चानया सह

Transliteration

māṇḍavya uvāca | pūrvameva sthito yasmācchūlaṃ vyāpyomayā saha | prasādapravaṇo mahyamidānīṃ cānayā saha

Translation

Māṇḍavya dit : Puisque depuis les temps anciens tu demeures, tout pénétrant, dans ce Trident avec Umā, incline-toi encore aujourd’hui à me faire grâce, avec elle.

Word by Word

• māṇḍavyaḥ: Māṇḍavya
• māṇḍavyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṇḍavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ऋषि-नाम

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• pūrvam: formerly; earlier
• pūrvam: Kāla (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphasis)

• sthitaḥ: stood; remained
• sthitaḥ: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + ta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थितः’

• yasmāt: because; from which
• yasmāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे ‘यस्मात्’ = because/from which

• śūlam: the trident
• śūlam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vyāpya: having pervaded; enveloping
• vyāpya: Purvakala (Absolutive adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi-ā-√āp (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘व्याप्य’ = व्याप्य (having pervaded/covering)

• umayā: with Umā
• umayā: Saha (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Saha (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (postposition)

• prasāda-pravaṇaḥ: inclined to favor; gracious
• prasāda-pravaṇaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक) + pravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रसादे प्रवणः = inclined to grace)

• mahyam: to me
• mahyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• idānīm: now
• idānīm: Kāla (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (now)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• anayā: with her
• anayā: Saha (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एतद्-पर्याय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘अनया’ = एतया (with her/this one)

• saha: together with
• saha: Saha (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय

Speaker

Māṇḍavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlapāṇi-kṣetra / Umā-Maheśvara sthāna (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śūlapāṇi (Śiva), with Umā invoked

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Māṇḍavya, still near the trident, folds hands and petitions Śiva and Umā together; the divine pair’s presence is felt as a united aura.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya
• Śiva
• Umā
• Śūla (Trident)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A devotee appeals to the deity’s long-established presence at a sacred locus as the basis for receiving immediate grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A trident-centered sacred place (Śūla-sthāna) within the Revā-khaṇḍa landscape is being invoked as a seat of Śiva–Umā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct supplication (prārthanā) for prasāda; no specific vrata/dāna/snānā is stated.