Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24
Devanagari script
ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान् वेधास्तानब्रवीद्वचः
Transliteration
tataḥ prasanno bhagavān vedhāstānabravīdvacaḥ
Translation
Alors le Bienheureux Créateur, Vedhā (Brahmā), satisfait, leur adressa ces paroles sacrées.
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — तस्मात्/ततः = ‘then/thereafter’
प्रसन्नःpleased
प्रसन्नः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक; √सद्/सद् + प्र- उपसर्ग, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘bhagavān/vedhāḥ’) — ‘pleased’
भगवान्the Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘the Lord’
वेधाःVedhā (Brahmā)
वेधाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवेधस्/वेधाः (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मा)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘Brahmā (Vedhā)’; apposition to ‘bhagavān’
तान्them
तान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — ‘them’
अब्रवीत्said
अब्रवीत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘said/spoke’
वचःwords, speech
वचः:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘words/speech’ (as object of ‘abravīt’)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Brahmā (Vedhā/Viriñci), serene and pleased, addresses the assembled devas with a gesture of assurance, setting the course for their journey to Viṣṇu.
Characters & Entities
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Brahmā (Vedhā)FAQs
Sincere supplication and humility invite a gracious response from divine authority.
No tirtha is named here; it transitions the narrative toward seeking Viṣṇu’s aid, within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.
None; it is a narrative transition.