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

Ó rei, o afeto mútuo entre ambos crescia dia após dia. Firmado como o pilar de sua dinastia, o soberano governou bem esta terra.

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.