Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

परस्परं तयोः प्रीतिर्वर्धतेऽनुदिनं नृप । वंशस्तम्बे स्थितो राजा संशास्ति पृथिवीमिमाम्

Transliteration

parasparaṃ tayoḥ prītirvardhate'nudinaṃ nṛpa | vaṃśastambe sthito rājā saṃśāsti pṛthivīmimām

Translation

Wahai raja, kasih sayang antara mereka berdua bertambah dari hari ke hari. Teguh bagaikan tiang seri keturunan, baginda memerintah bumi ini dengan adil dan sejahtera.

Word by Word

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): 'mutually/each other' अर्थे

• तयोः: of the two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), द्विवचन (dual), पुं/नपुं (common pronominal)

• प्रीतिः: affection, love
• प्रीतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• वर्धते: increases
• वर्धते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛdh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• अनुदिनम्: day by day
• अनुदिनम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anudina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास: anu + dina; अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• वंशस्तम्बे: in the pillar of the lineage (dynastic support)
• वंशस्तम्बे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + stamba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध): वंशस्य स्तम्बः; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• स्थितः: situated, established
• स्थितः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) → sthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संशास्ति: rules, governs
• संशास्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śās (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: सम्

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-cycle (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa / Bhārata (king addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A righteous king seated in court, calm and composed, with queen(s) nearby; the atmosphere is orderly—ministers, banners, and a sense of stable rule, hinting at an underlying unspoken anxiety about succession.

Characters & Entities

• Devapanna
• Dātyāyanī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harmony in personal life and steadiness in governance are portrayed as dhārmic strengths that uphold society, like a pillar upholding a lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named here; it continues the narrative setup leading to the tīrtha’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.