Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

रामः पितामहः शक्रो मुनिसङ्घैः समावृताः । आस्यादिकं पृथग्दत्त्वा साधु साध्वित्युदीरयन्

Transliteration

rāmaḥ pitāmahaḥ śakro munisaṅghaiḥ samāvṛtāḥ | āsyādikaṃ pṛthagdattvā sādhu sādhvityudīrayan

Translation

Rāma, Pitāmaha (Brahmā) et Śakra (Indra), entourés d’assemblées de munis, offrirent divers honneurs—salutations révérencieuses et autres—chacun selon l’ordre convenable, en proclamant : «Bien ! Bien !»

Word by Word

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पितामहः: the Grandfather (Brahmā)
• पितामहः: Apposition (सम्बोधन/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपाधि/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Apposition (सम्बोधन/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मुनिसङ्घैः: by groups of sages
• मुनिसङ्घैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-सङ्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (मुनीनां सङ्घः)

• समावृताः: surrounded
• समावृताः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मणि/भावे: ‘समावृत’ = surrounded

• आस्यादिकम्: (gifts) such as the mouth (etc.)
• आस्यादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः अव्ययीभाव/समाहारार्थः ‘आस्यादि’ = mouth etc. (collection)

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (separately)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (त्वान्त), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having given’

• साधु: well done!
• साधु: Object of speech (उक्तिविषय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसावाचक निपात

• साधु: well done!
• साधु: Object of speech (उक्तिविषय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसावाचक निपात (पुनरुक्ति)

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker (इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न

• उदीरयन्: uttering, proclaiming
• उदीरयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√ईर् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (परस्मैपदी), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘uttering’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jahnusutā-taṭa sabhā-tīrtha (assembly at the riverbank)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand semicircle of sages; Brahmā, Indra, and Rāma (as revered figure) approach the young sage with offerings—water for arghya, flowers, and respectful salutations—voices raised in ‘sādhu sādhu’.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Sages (muni-saṅgha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest gods honor realized sages; reverence to dharma-guardians is itself a purifying virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it depicts a ceremonial honoring within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal vrata is stated; the verse implies satkāra (honoring) and respectful greeting as righteous conduct.