Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

एतच्छ्रुत्वा ययुर्देवा यथागतमरिन्दम । भावयित्वा ततः सर्वे मुनयश्चैव भारत

Transliteration

etacchrutvā yayurdevā yathāgatamarindama | bhāvayitvā tataḥ sarve munayaścaiva bhārata

Translation

ଏହା ଶୁଣି, ହେ ଅରିନ୍ଦମ, ଦେବମାନେ ଯେପରି ଆସିଥିଲେ ସେପରି ଫେରିଗଲେ। ପରେ, ହେ ଭାରତ, ସମସ୍ତ ମୁନି ଏହାକୁ ମନନ କରି ଆଗକୁ ଗଲେ।

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु) + ktvā (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वान्त अव्यय/gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्यर्थः = having heard

• yayuḥ: went
• yayuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• yathā-āgatam: as they had come/just as before
• yathā-āgatam: Gati (Manner/गतिः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + āgata (कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (यथाऽऽगतं = as (they) came); अव्ययत्वेन क्रियाविशेषण

• arindama: O subduer of foes
• arindama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arindama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन

• bhāvayitvā: having reflected/pondered
• bhāvayitvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √bhū (धातु) causative √bhāvay + ktvā
• Form: कृदन्त (णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त causative + क्त्वा); अव्यय (gerund) = having contemplated/considered

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = then

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'all (of them)'

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण/emphasis)

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a listener styled 'Bhārata/Arindama')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata-address suggests a Mahābhārata-style interlocution; exact listener not explicit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas depart in orderly fashion from a sacred gathering; sages remain briefly, heads bowed in contemplation, then begin walking onward along a river path.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right action follows right hearing: one should listen, reflect (bhāvana), and then proceed with steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) sacred domain remains the background; this verse is transitional rather than tīrtha-descriptive.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it highlights śravaṇa (hearing) and manana/bhāvana (reflection) as spiritual disciplines.