Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तः स भगवान्दिशो दश व्यलोकयत् । ततो भगवता दृष्टौ रणे पावकमारुतौ

Transliteration

evamuktaḥ sa bhagavāndiśo daśa vyalokayat | tato bhagavatā dṛṣṭau raṇe pāvakamārutau

Translation

ఇలా పలికిన తరువాత భగవంతుడు దశదిశలను పరిశీలించాడు. ఆపై యుద్ధభూమిలో భగవంతుడు పావకుడు (అగ్ని) మరియు మారుతుడు (వాయు)లను దర్శించాడు.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• उक्तः: having been addressed/said to
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘having been said/addressed’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्/दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक विशेषण; (दिशः इति) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• व्यलोकयत्: looked around, surveyed
• व्यलोकयत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + लोक् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरवाचक (adverb of sequence)

• भगवता: by the Lord
• भगवता: Karta (Agent in passive/करण-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• दृष्टौ: (the two) were seen
• दृष्टौ: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन; ‘seen/observed’ (passive participle agreeing with object)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• पावकमारुतौ: Fire and Wind
• पावकमारुतौ: Karta (Subject of implied existence/being seen)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक) + मारुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), contextually narrating the Revā-khaṇḍa account to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) region (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu, calm yet martial, turns his gaze across the ten directions on a smoky battlefield; in the distance appear personified Agni (flame-crowned) and Vāyu (wind-swirled), poised to be engaged.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (Bhagavān)
• Pāvaka (Agni)
• Māruta (Vāyu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine protection operates through cosmic powers; the Lord marshals forces like Fire and Wind to restore balance and safeguard dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse; it continues the sacred-history narrative within Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is mentioned.