Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तवाधीनं महाविप्र प्रयच्छामि प्रसीद मे । परस्परं विवदतोर्विप्र राज्ञोस्तदा नृप

Transliteration

tavādhīnaṃ mahāvipra prayacchāmi prasīda me | parasparaṃ vivadatorvipra rājñostadā nṛpa

Translation

«Ô grand brāhmane, je me remets à ton autorité — sois-moi favorable». Alors, ô roi, tandis que le brāhmane et le roi se querellaient l’un avec l’autre dans leur échange…

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अधीनम्: dependent; under (your) control
• अधीनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• महाविप्र: O great Brahmin
• महाविप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाविप्र (प्रातिपदिक: महा + विप्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रयच्छामि: I give; I grant
• प्रयच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• प्रसीद: be pleased; show favor
• प्रसीद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• मे: to me/for me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Dat./Gen.), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• परस्परम्: mutually; with each other
• परस्परम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• विवदतोः: of the two disputing
• विवदतोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + वद् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• विप्र: O Brahmin
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• राज्ञोः: of the two kings
• राज्ञोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

King (continuing speech; narrative frame then resumes)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīra context

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king/interlocutor addressed as nṛpa/nṛpottama (within the chapter’s dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, hands folded in añjali, bows before a venerable brāhmaṇa/ṛṣi; tension of an ongoing dispute is visible in the gathered hermitage community under forest shade near a sacred riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (vipra)
• King (rājā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld when worldly power bows to spiritual authority; grace is sought through humility and surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the ongoing Narmadā/Śūlabheda context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it emphasizes ethical posture—submission to the guidance of a righteous brāhmaṇa.