Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ऋषयश्चागतास्तत्र ये चाश्रमनिवासिनः । सोपवासाः सनियमाः सर्वे साग्निपरिग्रहाः

Transliteration

ṛṣayaścāgatāstatra ye cāśramanivāsinaḥ | sopavāsāḥ saniyamāḥ sarve sāgniparigrahāḥ

Translation

Là étaient venus les ṛṣi, ainsi que les habitants des āśrama ; tous observaient jeûnes et disciplines, et tous entretenaient les feux sacrés.

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• आगताः: having come / arrived
• आगताः: Kriya (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण/विधेय (predicate)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

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

• आश्रमनिवासिनः: hermitage-dwellers
• आश्रमनिवासिनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम + निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक); आश्रम-निवासिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (āśrame nivāsinaḥ = dwellers in hermitages)

• सोपवासाः: with fasting (observances)
• सोपवासाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (having fasts)

• सनियमाः: with vows/discipline
• सनियमाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (with disciplines)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण/समुच्चय (all)

• साग्निपरिग्रहाः: maintaining the sacred fire
• साग्निपरिग्रहाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + अग्नि + परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक); अग्नि-परिग्रह
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (agni-parigraha = keeping/maintaining sacred fire)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-taṭa tīrtha (general riverbank tīrtha within Revākhaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene Narmadā riverbank dotted with hermitages; clusters of sages with matted hair and bark garments sit near three sacred fires, some fasting, some reciting mantras; smoke curls upward under a calm sky.

Characters & Entities

• ṛṣis
• āśrama residents
• sacred fires (agni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes a living center of dharma where tapas, fasting, and Vedic fire-ritual culture are collectively upheld.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda-tīrtha, portrayed as a gathering point for sages and āśrama communities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting), niyama (disciplines), and maintenance of sacred fires (agni-parigraha).