Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

उच्चत्वमाप्तो देवेशि अन्यानपि सुरासुरान्

Transliteration

uccatvamāpto deveśi anyānapi surāsurān

Translation

देवेशि, उच्चत्वमाप्तः स अन्यानपि देवान् असुरांश्च तुच्छीकृत्यावमन्येत।

Word by Word

• uccatvam: loftiness; supremacy
• uccatvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uccatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āptaḥ: having attained
• āptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• deveśi: O Lady of the gods (Deveśī)
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• anyān: other
• anyān: Visheshya-anvaya (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (also)

• surāsurān: gods and demons
• surāsurān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (सुराश्च असुराश्च)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (implied continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva foresees that the boon-recipient, once exalted, will disdain even devas and asuras; the scene is prophetic and cautionary, with Devī listening.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Devī (Deveśī)
• Suras (Devas)
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Exaltation without humility becomes spiritual downfall, producing contempt for all beings—divine or demonic.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is part of the boon-ethics dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.