Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततस्तौ वरदौ देवौ समायातौ युधिष्ठिर । प्रत्यक्षौ भास्करौ राजन्नुमाश्रीभ्यां विभूषितौ

Transliteration

tatastau varadau devau samāyātau yudhiṣṭhira | pratyakṣau bhāskarau rājannumāśrībhyāṃ vibhūṣitau

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ആ രണ്ടു വരദായക ദേവന്മാർ, ഹേ യുധിഷ്ഠിരാ, അവിടെ എത്തി; രാജാവേ, അവർ പ്രത്യക്ഷമായി സൂര്യസമ ദീപ്തരായി, ഉമയും ശ്രീയും അലങ്കരിച്ചവരായിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• वरदौ: boon-giving
• वरदौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• देवौ: the two gods
• देवौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• समायातौ: arrived
• समायातौ: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्—‘having come/arrived’

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative)

• प्रत्यक्षौ: visible, manifest
• प्रत्यक्षौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण

• भास्करौ: (like) two suns
• भास्करौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन

• उमा-श्रीभ्याम्: by Umā and Śrī
• उमा-श्रीभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक) + श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे द्वयोरपि), तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन; करण/हेतु-भावे (by/with)

• विभूषितौ: adorned
• विभूषितौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-भूष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating to Yudhiṣṭhira, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā tīra) in Revākhaṇḍa context

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a luminous riverbank, two boon-giving deities appear visibly, sun-bright, each accompanied by their divine consort—Śaṅkara with Umā and Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu with Śrī—radiating shared majesty.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Umā
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere tapas and devotion culminate in pratyakṣa-darśana—direct experience of the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā-side place of austerity where the deities appear and grant boons.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse describes the fruit of prior worship and austerity—divine appearance and boon-bestowal.