Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

जनं प्राप्ते महर्लोके ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशादयः । ऋषयश्च महात्मानो दिव्यतेजःसमन्विताः

Transliteration

janaṃ prāpte maharloke brahmakṣatraviśādayaḥ | ṛṣayaśca mahātmāno divyatejaḥsamanvitāḥ

Translation

ജനങ്ങൾ മഹർലോകത്തെ പ്രാപിച്ചപ്പോൾ—ബ്രാഹ്മണർ, ക്ഷത്രിയർ, വൈശ്യർ മുതലായവർ—ദിവ്യ തേജസ്സോടെ മഹാത്മാക്കളായ ഋഷിമാരും അവിടെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• जनम्: people, multitude
• जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, accusative, singular)

• प्राप्ते: when (it was) reached/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी, एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; लोके इति पदेन सह सति-सप्तमी (past participle in locative singular; locative absolute)

• महर्लोके: in Maharloka
• महर्लोके: Adhikarana (Location/Time in locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; महर् + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (masculine, locative, singular)

• ब्रह्म: Brahmin (class)
• ब्रह्म: Karta (as member of compound subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular)

• क्षत्र: Kshatriya (class)
• क्षत्र: Karta (as member of compound subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular)

• विश्: Vaishya (class)
• विश्: Karta (as member of compound subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• आदयः: and others
• आदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative, plural); 'आदि' = 'and others'

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative, plural)

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

• महात्मानः: great-souled
• महात्मानः: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; महा + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine, nominative, plural; adjective)

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Sambandha (as member of compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular; adjective)

• तेजः: splendour, radiance
• तेजः: Sambandha (as member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular)

• समन्विताः: endowed with
• समन्विताः: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अन्-वि-इ (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (past participle, masculine nominative plural; adjective)

Speaker

Narrator in Revā-khaṇḍa dialogue context (sage narrating)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maharloka (as refuge-loka)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous assembly in Maharloka: sages with radiant auras, and groups of people (brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, others) arriving upward, leaving a darkened, drying earth below.

Characters & Entities

• Maharloka
• Brahmin
• Kṣatriya
• Vaiśya
• Ṛṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In cosmic crisis, Dharma is safeguarded by elevated beings and sages; spiritual radiance, not worldly status, is the true protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific terrestrial tīrtha is named; the passage is cosmological within the Revā Khaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.