Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

देवतानां गुरुं शास्त्रं परमं सिद्धिकारणम् । श्रुत्वेश्वरमुखात्पार्थ मयापि तव कीर्तितम्

Transliteration

devatānāṃ guruṃ śāstraṃ paramaṃ siddhikāraṇam | śrutveśvaramukhātpārtha mayāpi tava kīrtitam

Translation

ఈ శాస్త్రమే దేవతలకు గురువు, సిద్ధికి పరమ కారణము. హే పార్థా! ఈశ్వరుని ముఖమునుండి విని నేనును నీకు దీనిని కీర్తించితిని.

Word by Word

• devatānām: of the deities
• devatānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (देवता प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• gurum: teacher
• gurum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (गुरु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śāstram: scripture/teaching
• śāstram: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition to gurum)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (शास्त्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (परम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (śāstram)

• siddhi-kāraṇam: cause of success
• siddhi-kāraṇam: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (सिद्धि) + kāraṇa (कारण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund/absolutive): 'having heard'

• īśvara-mukhāt: from the mouth of Īśvara
• īśvara-mukhāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (ईश्वर) + mukha (मुख)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• pārtha: O Pārtha
• pārtha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (पार्थ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: 'also')

• tava: to you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• kīrtitam: has been proclaimed
• kīrtitam: Kriyā (Predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (कीर्त् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced; verse frames transmission from Īśvara)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda seated as teacher, addressing Pārtha; behind Skanda a subtle vision of Īśvara (Śiva) as the original source, indicating a lineage of revelation; palm-leaf manuscripts and a calm hermitage setting.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Pārtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural teaching, received through authentic transmission, functions as a divine guru and leads to siddhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse legitimizes the Revā Khaṇḍa teaching by tracing it to Īśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) from an authoritative source and kīrtana/proclamation as dharmic transmission.