Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

देवानां मन्त्रिणं राजन् सर्वलोकेषु पूजितम् । ब्रह्मलक्ष्म्याः सदावासमक्षयं चाव्ययं सुतम्

Transliteration

devānāṃ mantriṇaṃ rājan sarvalokeṣu pūjitam | brahmalakṣmyāḥ sadāvāsamakṣayaṃ cāvyayaṃ sutam

Translation

ഹേ രാജാവേ, ദേവന്മാരുടെ മന്ത്രിയായും സർവ്വലോകങ്ങളിലും പൂജിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവനായും, ബ്രഹ്മ-ലക്ഷ്മിയുടെ സദാവാസമായും, അക്ഷയനും അവ്യയനും ആയ ഒരു പുത്രനെ എനിക്ക് പ്രസാദിക്കണമേ।

Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• मन्त्रिणम्: minister, counsellor
• मन्त्रिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वलोकेषु: in all worlds
• सर्वलोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• पूजितम्: honoured, worshipped
• पूजितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• ब्रह्मलक्ष्म्याः: of Brahma’s Lakṣmī
• ब्रह्मलक्ष्म्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सदावासम्: perpetual abode
• सदावासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा (अव्यय) + आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अव्ययम्: unchanging, undecaying
• अव्ययम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सुतम्: son
• सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced; ‘rājan’ indicates address within the narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King) addressed within the story

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king petitions for a son before Śiva; the boon requested is a child destined to counsel the gods, radiant with brahma-lakṣmī, marked by imperishability and universal honor.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Brahma-lakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest aspiration is not worldly power but enduring spiritual excellence—honour, wisdom, and imperishable merit.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

This is within the Aṅgiras Tīrtha-centered chapter of Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it specifies the qualities of the boon sought through Śiva’s worship.