Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तवाधीनं महाविप्र प्रयच्छामि प्रसीद मे । परस्परं विवदतोर्विप्र राज्ञोस्तदा नृप

Transliteration

tavādhīnaṃ mahāvipra prayacchāmi prasīda me | parasparaṃ vivadatorvipra rājñostadā nṛpa

Translation

Wahai brāhmana agung, aku menyerahkan diriku di bawah kuasamu—berkenanlah mengasihani aku. Maka, wahai raja, brāhmana dan raja pun berbahas serta berselisih antara satu sama lain.

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अधीनम्: dependent; under (your) control
• अधीनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• महाविप्र: O great Brahmin
• महाविप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाविप्र (प्रातिपदिक: महा + विप्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रयच्छामि: I give; I grant
• प्रयच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• प्रसीद: be pleased; show favor
• प्रसीद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• मे: to me/for me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Dat./Gen.), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• परस्परम्: mutually; with each other
• परस्परम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• विवदतोः: of the two disputing
• विवदतोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + वद् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• विप्र: O Brahmin
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• राज्ञोः: of the two kings
• राज्ञोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal adverb)

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

Speaker

King (continuing speech; narrative frame then resumes)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīra context

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king/interlocutor addressed as nṛpa/nṛpottama (within the chapter’s dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, hands folded in añjali, bows before a venerable brāhmaṇa/ṛṣi; tension of an ongoing dispute is visible in the gathered hermitage community under forest shade near a sacred riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (vipra)
• King (rājā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld when worldly power bows to spiritual authority; grace is sought through humility and surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the ongoing Narmadā/Śūlabheda context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it emphasizes ethical posture—submission to the guidance of a righteous brāhmaṇa.