Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

जाते पुत्रेऽङ्गिरास्तत्र स्थापयामास शङ्करम् । हृष्टतुष्टमना भूत्वा जगामोत्तरपर्वतम्

Transliteration

jāte putre'ṅgirāstatra sthāpayāmāsa śaṅkaram | hṛṣṭatuṣṭamanā bhūtvā jagāmottaraparvatam

Translation

പുത്രൻ ജനിച്ചപ്പോൾ അങ്കിരസ് അവിടെ ശങ്കരനെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു; പിന്നെ ഹർഷവും പൂർണ്ണതൃപ്തിയും നിറഞ്ഞ മനസ്സോടെ അദ്ദേഹം ഉത്തരപർവ്വതത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി।

Word by Word

• जाते: when (he) was born
• जाते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी प्रयोग (locative absolute)

• पुत्रे: in the son (being born)
• पुत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी सह

• अङ्गिराः: Aṅgiras
• अङ्गिराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्थापयामास: installed, established
• स्थापयामास: Kriyā (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) (णिच्) स्थापय्
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect/परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; causative (णिच्)

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• हृष्टतुष्टमना: having a delighted and content mind
• हृष्टतुष्टमना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट + तुष्ट + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (whose mind is delighted and satisfied)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) → भूत्वा (कृदन्त, त्वान्त/absolutive)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriyā (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• उत्तरपर्वतम्: the northern mountain
• उत्तरपर्वतम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgiras-tīrtha (implied; named explicitly next verse)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Aṅgiras, rejoicing at his son’s birth, performs Śaṅkara-sthāpanā (liṅga installation) at the spot; then, content, he sets out toward the northern mountain.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras
• Śaṅkara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gratitude for divine grace expresses itself through establishing worship—founding a Śiva presence that benefits the world.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the origin context for Aṅgiras Tīrtha and its Śaṅkara installation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sthāpana (installation/establishment) of Śaṅkara—understood as setting up a Śiva-liṅga for ongoing worship.