Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

हरकोपोद्भवायेति स्वेदजायातिबाहवे । सर्वकामप्रदायेति पूर्वादिषु दलेषु च

Transliteration

harakopodbhavāyeti svedajāyātibāhave | sarvakāmapradāyeti pūrvādiṣu daleṣu ca

Translation

東方より始まる各花弁において、次の聖称をもって礼拝すべし。「ハラの憤怒より生まれし者」「汗より生まれし者」「強き腕を持つ者」「一切の願いを授ける者」。

Word by Word

• हरकोपोद्भवाय: to/for (one) born from Hara’s anger
• हरकोपोद्भवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर-कोप-उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; हरस्य कोपात् उद्भवः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे नामग्रहणम् (dative of address/for)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• स्वेदजाय: to/for the sweat-born one
• स्वेदजाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेदज (प्रातिपदिक; स्वेदात् जायते)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे

• अतिबाहवे: to/for the very-strong-armed one
• अतिबाहवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे

• सर्वकामप्रदाय: to/for the giver of all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-काम-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• पूर्वादिषु: in the eastern etc. (directions)
• पूर्वादिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; अधिकरण (location)

• दलेषु: in the petals/leaves
• दलेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

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

Speaker

Deductive: Narrative instruction within Revā Khaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha context (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A worshipper performs lotus-petal (dala) pūjā, moving from the eastern petal onward, offering red flowers while reciting epithets of Kuja/Aṅgāraka linked to Śiva’s wrath and sweat-birth; a riverine tīrtha ambience suggests Revā’s banks.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Kuja/Aṅgāraka (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering divine origins and attributes through names (nāma) is itself worship and aligns desire with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa context connects the rite to the Narmadā sacred landscape, though no single tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform dala-pūjā across the directional petals, reciting specific epithets of Aṅgāraka/Kuja.