Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

भवन्तोऽपि तपस्तीव्रं कुर्वंत्वमलमानसाः । अयोध्यां प्राप्यतां देवा दैत्यनाशाय सत्वरम्

Transliteration

bhavanto'pi tapastīvraṃ kurvaṃtvamalamānasāḥ | ayodhyāṃ prāpyatāṃ devā daityanāśāya satvaram

Translation

Vós também, com a mente purificada e sem mancha, praticai austeridade intensa. Que os deuses cheguem depressa a Ayodhyā, para a destruição dos Daityas.

Word by Word

• भवन्तः: you (honored ones)
• भवन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तीव्रम्: intense
• तीव्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कुर्वन्तु: let them do / may you do
• कुर्वन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अमल-मानसाः: pure-minded
• अमल-मानसाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल (प्रातिपदिक) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अयोध्याम्: Ayodhyā
• अयोध्याम्: Karman (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्राप्यताम्: let (it) be reached / proceed to
• प्राप्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• देवाः: O gods
• देवाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे (vocative-sense)

• दैत्य-नाशाय: for the destruction of the Daityas
• दैत्य-नाशाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक/कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu/Garuḍadhvaja)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commanding exhortation: devas are instructed to purify their minds, perform intense austerity, and swiftly reach Ayodhyā for the destruction of daityas.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Ayodhyā
• Daityas
• Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective discipline and purity of mind, expressed through tapas, are essential for overcoming adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is again highlighted as the sacred destination where the divine plan against the Daityas is to be enacted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīvra-tapas (intense austerity) performed with an amala-manas (pure mind).