Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तान्मत्स्यसङ्घान्सम्प्राप्य महादेव्याः प्रसादतः । सपुत्रदारभृत्यास्ते वर्तयन्ति पृथक्पृथक्

Transliteration

tānmatsyasaṅghānsamprāpya mahādevyāḥ prasādataḥ | saputradārabhṛtyāste vartayanti pṛthakpṛthak

Translation

மகாதேவியின் அருளால் அந்த மீன் கூட்டங்களைப் பெற்ற அவர்கள், மகன்கள், மனைவிகள், பணியாளர்கள் உடன், ஒவ்வொரு இல்லமும் தனித்தனியாக வாழ்வை நடத்தினர்.

Word by Word

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘those’

• मत्स्यसङ्घान्: groups of fish
• मत्स्यसङ्घान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य-सङ्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष: मत्स्यानां सङ्घाः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘schools/groups of fish’

• सम्प्राप्य: having obtained; having reached
• सम्प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+आप् (धातु) → सम्प्राप्य (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive); ‘having obtained/reached’

• महादेव्याः: of the Great Goddess
• महादेव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय: महा + देवी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘of the Great Goddess’

• प्रसादतः: from (her) grace
• प्रसादतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘from/through (her) grace’

• सपुत्रदारभृत्याः: together with sons, wives, and servants
• सपुत्रदारभृत्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-पुत्र-दारा-भृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: पुत्रैः दारैः भृत्यैः सह), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of ते) ‘with sons, wives, and servants’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘they’

• वर्तयन्ति: they carry on; they maintain
• वर्तयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु) (causative sense: वर्तयति)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘they maintain/carry on’

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘separately’

• पृथक्: each separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reduplication for emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahādevī-prasāda at Revā-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Shoals of fish appear as a boon; families of sages—sons, wives, attendants—prepare food and sustain themselves, each household orderly and separate, under an unseen protective divine presence.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Narmadā/Revā, implied)
• Āśrama community

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (prasāda) sustains both ascetic and social life, enabling dharmic living without fear of scarcity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā/Revā region where the Goddess’s favor tangibly supports communities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the focus is on prasāda (grace) manifesting as livelihood.