Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः । जयामेय जयाभेद जय सम्भूतिकारक । पद्मयोने सुरश्रेष्ठ त्वां वयं शरणं गताः

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ | jayāmeya jayābheda jaya sambhūtikāraka | padmayone suraśreṣṭha tvāṃ vayaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ

Translation

Les dieux dirent : « Victoire à toi, ô invincible ; victoire, source de toute manifestation ! Ô né du lotus, le meilleur des dieux, nous venons à toi pour refuge. »

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriyā (Main verb/action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: वच्

• जय: O Victory!/Hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; स्तुत्यर्थे सम्बोधन

• अमेय: immeasurable
• अमेय: Sambodhana (Address qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण (जय इति/देव इति)

• जय: O Victory!/Hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• अभेद: undivided, non-different
• अभेद: Sambodhana (Address qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जय: O Victory!/Hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सम्भूतिकारक: cause of creation/origination
• सम्भूतिकारक: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भूति + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सम्भूतेः कारकः)

• पद्मयोने: O lotus-wombed (Brahmā)
• पद्मयोने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पद्मे योनि: यस्य)

• सुरश्रेष्ठ: O best of the gods
• सुरश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सुराणां श्रेष्ठः)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Gati-karman (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायोगे (शरणं गम्)

• गताः: have gone (taken)
• गताः: Kriyā (Predicate/finite sense via participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (we have gone)

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīra (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas chant a victory-hymn to the lotus-born Pitāmaha, hands raised in añjali; the words ‘jaya’ seem to ripple like mantra through the air.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Brahmā (Padmayoni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati—acknowledging divine sovereignty and seeking refuge with humility—is portrayed as the devas’ first response to crisis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse is a hymn to Brahmā within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (devotional praise) is performed; no further ritual instructions appear in this line.