Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

देवर्षिसिद्धगन्धर्वसमवाये शिवालये । नन्दिगीतामिमां राजञ्छृणुष्वैकमनाः शुभाम्

Transliteration

devarṣisiddhagandharvasamavāye śivālaye | nandigītāmimāṃ rājañchṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ śubhām

Translation

शिवालयात देवर्षी, सिद्ध व गंधर्वांच्या सभेत, हे राजन्, एकाग्र मनाने नंदीचे हे शुभ गीत ऐका।

Word by Word

• देवर्षि: divine sages
• देवर्षि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (देव + ऋषि)

• सिद्ध: perfected beings
• सिद्ध: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समवाय-समुच्चयार्थे (in a collective listing)

• गन्धर्व: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्व: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समवाय-समुच्चयार्थे

• समवाये: in the assembly/meeting
• समवाये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समवाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• शिवालये: in Śiva’s temple
• शिवालये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य आलयः)

• नन्दिगीताम्: Nandi’s song/hymn
• नन्दिगीताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दि + गीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नन्देः गीतम्)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (नन्दिगीताम्)

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

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• एकमनाः: with single-minded attention
• एकमनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्य मनः एकम् सः)

• शुभाम्: auspicious
• शुभाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (नन्दिगीताम्)

Speaker

Narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa frame; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages, with an embedded address to a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) region—Revākhaṇḍa Śiva-sthāna (unspecified)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a luminous Śiva-temple hall: Nandī’s sacred song is announced; devas, ṛṣis, siddhas, and gandharvas gather in reverent stillness while a king listens with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devarṣi
• Siddha
• Gandharva
• Nandī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed listening (śravaṇa) to sacred praise in a Śiva-temple setting is portrayed as auspicious and transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śivālaya (Śiva temple) in the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative environment, tied to the Narmadā sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening attentively to the Nandīgītā in a Śiva temple and sacred assembly.