Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

गत्वा देवसमीपं च प्रादक्षिण्येन केशवम् । ततः समुच्चरन्मन्त्रं गायत्र्या वाथ वैष्णवम्

Transliteration

gatvā devasamīpaṃ ca prādakṣiṇyena keśavam | tataḥ samuccaranmantraṃ gāyatryā vātha vaiṣṇavam

Translation

ଦେବଙ୍କ ସମୀପକୁ ଯାଇ କେଶବଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଦକ୍ଷିଣା କରିବା ଉଚିତ; ତାପରେ ମନ୍ତ୍ର ଉଚ୍ଚାରଣ କରିବା—ଗାୟତ୍ରୀ କିମ୍ବା ବୈଷ୍ଣବ ମନ୍ତ୍ର।

Word by Word

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव कृदन्त (gerund)

• देवसमीपम्: near the deity
• देवसमीपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + समीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (देवस्य समीपम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• प्रादक्षिण्येन: by circumambulation (keeping right)
• प्रादक्षिण्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रादक्षिण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• केशवम्: Keshava (Vishnu)
• केशवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Temporal/Sequence marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• समुच्चरन्: reciting/uttering
• समुच्चरन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उत् + चर् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मन्त्रम्: the mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• गायत्र्या: with the Gāyatrī (meter/mantra)
• गायत्र्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात

• अथ: then/also
• अथ: Sequence marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक निपात (sequencing particle)

• वैष्णवम्: Vaiṣṇava (pertaining to Vishnu)
• वैष्णवम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (मन्त्रं विशेषयति)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (Revākhaṇḍa ritual instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed and marked with darbha-knot, approaches a Keśava shrine, performs clockwise circumambulation, then stands with folded hands reciting Gāyatrī/Vaiṣṇava mantra; lamps flicker and priests chant softly.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava
• Gāyatrī
• Vaiṣṇava Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional approach is systematized: physical reverence (pradakṣiṇā) is joined to mantra-recitation for spiritual efficacy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Keśava shrine within the Revā-kṣetra milieu is implied, but the excerpt does not name the exact temple or tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go near the deity, circumambulate Keśava, then recite Gāyatrī or another Vaiṣṇava mantra.