Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तथा देवस्य राजेन्द्र ये कुर्वन्ति प्रदक्षिणम् । अनन्यभक्त्या सततं त्रिरक्षरसमन्विताः

Transliteration

tathā devasya rājendra ye kurvanti pradakṣiṇam | ananyabhaktyā satataṃ trirakṣarasamanvitāḥ

Translation

ഹേ രാജേന്ദ്രാ! ദേവന്റെ പ്രദക്ഷിണം സദാ അനന്യഭക്തിയോടെ, ത്ര്യക്ഷരമന്ത്രസഹിതം ചെയ്യുന്നവർ പാവനസാധനയിൽ സ്ഥാപിതരാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; in that manner
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: 'thus/in that manner')

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• कुर्वन्ति: do; perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• अनन्यभक्त्या: with exclusive devotion
• अनन्यभक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्यभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (अनन्या च सा भक्तिः)

• सततम्: always
• सततम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/नित्यत्वार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: always/continually)

• त्रिरक्षरसमन्विताः: endowed with the three-syllabled (mantra)
• त्रिरक्षरसमन्विताः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (सम्+अन्वि/अन्वि?; समन्वित—कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle sense: 'endowed with'); समासः—तत्पुरुष (त्रि-अक्षर-समन्वित)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā region) within Avantīkhaṇḍa context

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs clockwise pradakṣiṇā around a sanctum, hands in añjali, lips moving in mantra-japa; the deity’s presence radiates sanctity while attendants and lamps frame the ritual path.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Pradakṣiṇā
• Tri-rakṣara Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (ananya-bhakti) joined to disciplined practice (pradakṣiṇā with mantra) is praised as a powerful purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-temple context where deity circumambulation is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing pradakṣiṇā of the deity while being ‘tri-rakṣara-samanvita’—accompanied by a three-syllabled mantra.