Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
रूपवान् सुभगश्चैव सर्वशत्रुभयंकरः । इन्द्रस्य दयितोऽत्यर्थं जय इत्येव चापरः
Transliteration
rūpavān subhagaścaiva sarvaśatrubhayaṃkaraḥ | indrasya dayito'tyarthaṃ jaya ityeva cāparaḥ
Translation
तो रूपवान् व सुभग होता, सर्व शत्रूंना भयकारक; इंद्राचा अत्यंत प्रिय होता आणि ‘जय’ या नावानेही ओळखला जात असे।
Word by Word
रूपवान्handsome
रूपवान्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरूपवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
सुभगःfortunate, charming
सुभगः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुभग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)
सर्वशत्रुभयंकरःterrifying to all enemies
सर्वशत्रुभयंकरः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + शत्रु + भयङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'सर्वेषां शत्रूणां भयङ्करः' विशेषण
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
दयितःbeloved (one)
दयितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदयित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
अत्यर्थम्exceedingly
अत्यर्थम्:
Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्यर्थम् (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक अव्यय (adverb)
जयःJaya (name)
जयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)
अपरःanother (one)
अपरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'another (name)'
Speaker
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A radiant warrior-like figure, Pattreśvara/Jaya, is described in glowing terms—handsome, auspicious, feared by enemies—standing under Indra’s favor.
Characters & Entities
I
IndraJ
JayaP
Pattreśvara (by context)FAQs
Worldly excellence and divine favor are shown as part of a larger moral arc that will test restraint and dharma.
Indirectly Pattreśvara, through the celebrated identity of the person associated with the tīrtha.
None.