Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ततः पुनर्नवीभूतः पुनः प्रोवाच शङ्करम् । अत्रैव स्थीयतां शम्भो तथैव भास्करः स्वयम्

Transliteration

tataḥ punarnavībhūtaḥ punaḥ provāca śaṅkaram | atraiva sthīyatāṃ śambho tathaiva bhāskaraḥ svayam

Translation

ततः स पुनर्नवीभूतः शङ्करं पुनरब्रवीत्—अत्रैव स्थीयतां शम्भो, तथैव भास्करः स्वयम्।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• पुनर्नवीभूतः: having become new again
• पुनर्नवीभूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुनर् + नवी + भू (कृदन्त; भू धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘नवीभूत’ = ‘नवः जातः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘पुनर्’ उपपदेन विशेषित

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (again)

• प्रोवाच: said
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शङ्करम्: to Śaṅkara
• शङ्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic: just/only)

• स्थीयताम्: let (him/you) stay
• स्थीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive): ‘let (it/you) be stayed’

• शम्भो: O Śambhu
• शम्भो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (just/indeed)

• भास्करः: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Agent emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वतन्त्रकर्तृवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: oneself)

Speaker

Narrative voice (continuing Mārkaṇḍeya’s account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (Śambhu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The healed Piṅgala, now radiant and upright, petitions Śiva to remain there, and asks that the Sun himself also abide—implying a sanctified landscape with both Śiva’s and Sūrya’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Śambhu
• Bhāskara (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place becomes powerful when divinity is invited to abide there for the world’s welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The adhyāya’s setting is a Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha where Śiva’s abiding presence is requested—linked with Devakhāta/ Piṅgaleśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite yet; it expresses the स्थापना (request for abiding presence) of Śiva and the Sun.