Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

उपासते विरूपाक्षं जमदग्निमनुत्तमम् । रेणुकां चैव ये देवीं पश्यन्ति भुवि मानवाः

Transliteration

upāsate virūpākṣaṃ jamadagnimanuttamam | reṇukāṃ caiva ye devīṃ paśyanti bhuvi mānavāḥ

Translation

ഭൂമിയിൽ വിരൂപാക്ഷനെയും അനുത്തമനായ ജമദഗ്നിയെയും ഉപാസിക്കുകയും ദേവി രേണുകയുടെ ദർശനവും നേടുകയും ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യർ ധന്യരാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• उपासते: they worship
• उपासते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विरूपाक्षम्: Virūpākṣa (Śiva)
• विरूपाक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरूपाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• जमदग्निम्: Jamadagni
• जमदग्निम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जमदग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier) of जमदग्निम्

• रेणुकाम्: Reṇukā
• रेणुकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेणुका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); रेणुकाम् इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भुवि-शब्द)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मानवाः: people, humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Revā Khaṇḍa narration—traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims on a riverbank shrine complex: a Virūpākṣa liṅga under a canopy, nearby a hermitage memorial of Jamadagni, and a sanctum or icon of Reṇukā; devotees with folded hands and water-pots.

Characters & Entities

• Virūpākṣa (Śiva)
• Jamadagni
• Reṇukā Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship (upāsanā) and sacred sight (darśana) of Śiva, the ṛṣi, and the Devī are presented as direct means of blessing in a tīrtha setting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha/āśrama region linked with Jamadagni, Reṇukā, and Virūpākṣa, within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upāsanā (worship) and darśana (beholding) are emphasized as the key devotional acts.