Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यानि सत्त्वानि लोकेषु स्थावराणि चराणि च । तानि सर्वाणि रक्षन्तु त्यक्तं वै बालकं मया

Transliteration

yāni sattvāni lokeṣu sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca | tāni sarvāṇi rakṣantu tyaktaṃ vai bālakaṃ mayā

Translation

«Que tous les êtres des mondes—immobiles et mobiles—protègent cet enfant que j’ai abandonné.»

Word by Word

• यानि: which (all those)
• यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• सत्त्वानि: beings/creatures
• सत्त्वानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• स्थावराणि: immobile (ones)
• स्थावराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण—अचल (immobile)

• चराणि: moving (ones)
• चराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण—चल (moving)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तानि: they/those
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• रक्षन्तु: may (they) protect
• रक्षन्तु: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्यक्तम्: abandoned
• त्यक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यक्त (कृदन्त, √त्यज्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण—परित्यक्त (abandoned)

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

• बालकम्: the boy/child
• बालकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive sense/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; अस्मद्-शब्द

Speaker

Brāhmaṇī (the woman)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra aśvattha-sthāna (unnamed micro-tīrtha)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpasattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇī stands beneath the aśvattha with palms joined, eyes lifted in supplication; the newborn lies on a cloth; around them, subtle presences of animals, birds, and tree-spirits suggest ‘all beings’ responding.

Characters & Entities

• Sattvāni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All life is interconnected; when personal capacity fails, one turns to a universal guardianship under dharma and the divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it expresses a universal protective invocation within the Revā-khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A protective invocation (rakṣā-prārthanā) is voiced; it is a prayer rather than a detailed ritual procedure.