Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

अर्चयामास संहृष्टो मन्त्रैर्वेदांगसंभवैः । सृष्टं च तत्पुरा राजन्पश्येयं सचराचरम्

Transliteration

arcayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭo mantrairvedāṃgasaṃbhavaiḥ | sṛṣṭaṃ ca tatpurā rājanpaśyeyaṃ sacarācaram

Translation

അവൻ ആനന്ദത്തോടെ വേദ-വേദാംഗങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുദ്ഭവിച്ച മന്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ അർച്ചന ചെയ്തു; ഹേ രാജാവേ, അവൻ മുൻപുപോലെ സൃഷ്ടിയെ—ചരവും അചരവും ഉൾപ്പെടെ—കണ്ടു.

Word by Word

• arcayāmāsa: worshipped
• arcayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (अर्च्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; periphrastic perfect (आमास)

• saṃhṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• saṃhṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√hṛṣ (हृष्) + kta (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (delighted)

• mantraiḥ: with mantras
• mantraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• veda-aṅga-saṃbhavaiḥ: arising from the Vedāṅgas
• veda-aṅga-saṃbhavaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (वेदाङ्गेभ्यः सम्भवाः = arising from Vedāṅgas)

• sṛṣṭam: created
• sṛṣṭam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sṛj (सृज्) + kta (क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (created)

• ca: and
• ca: Discourse particle (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सृष्टम् इति विशेष्यं (that [world])

• purā: formerly; earlier
• purā: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly/earlier)

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

• paśyeyam: may I see
• paśyeyam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (पश्)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sa-cara-acaram: with all moving and unmoving beings
• sa-cara-acaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (प्रातिपदिक/उपसर्गार्थ ‘with’) + cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (चर + अचर; ‘moving and unmoving’) with सह- (together with)

Speaker

Narrator (a ṛṣi/purāṇic speaker addressing a king; exact identity not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs arcana with Vedic mantras on the riverbank; as the worship culminates, a vast visionary panorama unfolds—ancient creation with moving beings and unmoving landscapes appearing like a cosmic tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Vedāṅga
• pūjā (arcana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship with mantra and purity can open higher vision—tīrthas grant insight into cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā/Revā context continues; worship at her waters is implied as the setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (worship) using mantras grounded in Vedic/Vedāṅga tradition.