Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः । जय देव जगद्वन्द्य जय संसृतिकारक । पद्मयोने सुरश्रेष्ठ त्वामेव शरणं गताः

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ | jaya deva jagadvandya jaya saṃsṛtikāraka | padmayone suraśreṣṭha tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ

Translation

神々は言った。「勝利はあなたにありますように、おお神よ、世界に崇められし者よ！勝利はあなたにありますように、具象的存在の定め手よ！おお蓮より生まれし者よ、神々の中で最も優れた者よ、私たちはあなただけに助けを求めて参りました。」

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• जय: victory (hail)
• जय: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत् सम्बोधन)
• Form: जय-शब्दः सम्बोधनार्थे निपातवत् (exclamatory particle: ‘victory!’)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• जगद्वन्द्य: worthy of worship by the world
• जगद्वन्द्य: Visheshana (Vocative adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत्-वन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक; जगत् + वन्द्य[कृदन्त])
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies देव)

• जय: hail
• जय: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत् सम्बोधन)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपातवत् (exclamation)

• संसृतिकारक: cause of worldly existence (saṃsāra)
• संसृतिकारक: Visheshana (Vocative adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसृति-कारक (प्रातिपदिक; संसृति + कारक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पद्मयोने: O lotus-wombed one (Brahmā)
• पद्मयोने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म-योनि (प्रातिपदिक; पद्म + योनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• सुरश्रेष्ठ: O best of the gods
• सुरश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; सुर + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Gati/Karma (Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म (goal)

• गताः: have gone (taken refuge)
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘have gone’

Speaker

Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas with folded hands (añjali) chant victory-cries to Brahmā; Brahmā serene, four-faced, seated on lotus; banners and divine light fill the hall.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Brahmā (Padmayoni/Padmodbhava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) and humble praise are shown as the dhārmic response when overwhelmed by adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it is a hymn-like address to Brahmā in Brahmaloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse models stuti (praise) and śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge).