Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

देवर्षिसिद्धगन्धर्वसमवाये शिवालये । नन्दिगीतामिमां राजञ्छृणुष्वैकमनाः शुभाम्

Transliteration

devarṣisiddhagandharvasamavāye śivālaye | nandigītāmimāṃ rājañchṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ śubhām

Translation

Di kuil Śiva, di tengah perhimpunan resi dewa, para siddha dan gandharva—wahai Raja, dengarlah dengan hati yang satu akan Nyanyian Suci Nandī yang membawa berkat ini.

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.