Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सनत्कुमारप्रमुखैः समेतः संतोषयामास ततो यतात्मा

Transliteration

sanatkumārapramukhaiḥ sametaḥ saṃtoṣayāmāsa tato yatātmā

Translation

അപ്പോൾ സനത്കുമാരൻ മുതലായ ഋഷിമാരോടൊപ്പം, യതാത്മാവ് അവർക്കു സന്തോഷവും ആശ്വാസവും വരുത്തി.

Word by Word

• sanatkumārapramukhaiḥ: with (those) headed by Sanatkumāra
• sanatkumārapramukhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanatkumāra + pramukha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (sanatkumāra-pramukha: headed by Sanatkumāra)

• sametaḥ: assembled; accompanied
• sametaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + i (इ धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (assembled/together)

• saṃtoṣayāmāsa: satisfied; pleased
• saṃtoṣayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + tuṣ (तुष् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative): he satisfied

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (thereupon/then)

• yatātmā: the self-controlled one
• yatātmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yata + ātman (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (yata-ātmā: self-controlled)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composed, self-restrained figure addresses an assembly of sages headed by Sanatkumāra; their faces soften into reassurance and contentment.

Characters & Entities

• Sanatkumāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sage-guidance and self-mastery pacify fear and restore dharmic clarity in times of uncertainty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse; it is a narrative continuation within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the emphasis is on restraint (yata-ātmā) and counsel.