Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

स्वागतं ते मुनिश्रेष्ठ सदैव कलहप्रिय । वीणावादनतत्त्वज्ञ ब्रह्मपुत्र सनातन

Transliteration

svāgataṃ te muniśreṣṭha sadaiva kalahapriya | vīṇāvādanatattvajña brahmaputra sanātana

Translation

హే మునిశ్రేష్ఠా! నీకు స్వాగతం; నీవు సదా కలహప్రియుడవు, వీణావాదన తత్త్వజ్ఞుడవు, బ్రహ్ముని సనాతన పుత్రుడవు।

Word by Word

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वागत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भाववाचक-शब्दः (welcome)

• ते: to you / your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (your/to you—enclitic)

• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: O best of sages
• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (munīnām śreṣṭhaḥ)

• सदैव: always indeed
• सदैव: Adhikarana (Adverbial locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय) + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (always) + निपात (emphasis)

• कलहप्रिय: O lover of quarrel
• कलहप्रिय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलह + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (kalahaṃ priyaḥ)

• वीणावादनतत्त्वज्ञ: O knower of the principles of vīṇā-playing
• वीणावादनतत्त्वज्ञ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीणा + वादन + तत्त्व + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (vīṇā-vādana-tattvaṃ jānāti)

• ब्रह्मपुत्र: O son of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मपुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ)

• सनातन: O eternal one
• सनातन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) region frame; Tripura is mythic locus

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine assembly greets Nārada: the sage with vīṇā, poised between playful provocation and cosmic duty; courtiers and devas attentive as a mission is announced.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Nārada
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine speech can acknowledge a devotee’s nature while still directing it toward a higher purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named; it is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a greeting and characterization of Nārada.