Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

इन्द्राद्या देवताः सर्वे पितरो मुनयस्तथा । सागराः सरितश्चैव पर्वताश्च बलाहकाः

Transliteration

indrādyā devatāḥ sarve pitaro munayastathā | sāgarāḥ saritaścaiva parvatāśca balāhakāḥ

Translation

इन्द्रादयः सर्वे देवाः पितरश्च मुनयस्तथा । सागराः सरितश्चैव पर्वताः बलाहकाः अपि तत्र सन्निहिताः ॥

Word by Word

• इन्द्राद्याः: Indra and others
• इन्द्राद्याः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्र + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; इन्द्रादि-समूहवाचक विशेषण (Indra and others)

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• पितरः: ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/सादृश्यार्थक (also/likewise)

• सागराः: oceans
• सागराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (indeed/just)

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (and)

• बलाहकाः: clouds
• बलाहकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलाहक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator continuing Narmadā glorification)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmaśilā / Gayāśiras-associated Revā-tīrtha (as per context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred landscape on the Revā’s bank where Indra and devas, pitṛs, and sages stand invisibly present; the natural world itself—rivers, mountains, clouds—appears personified as witnesses to the tīrtha’s sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devatās
• Pitṛs
• Munis
• Oceans
• Rivers
• Mountains
• Clouds

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha is a cosmic meeting-place: divine, ancestral, and natural powers converge to sanctify rites performed there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is the Narmadā tīrtha-region, where this vast assembly is said to be present.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified; it supports the sanctity and efficacy of rites (especially pitṛ offerings) done there.