Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

श्रीसूक्तं पौरुषं सूक्तं पावमानं वृषाकपिम् । वेदोक्तैश्चैव मन्त्रैश्च रौद्रीं वा बहुरूपिणीम्

Transliteration

śrīsūktaṃ pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ pāvamānaṃ vṛṣākapim | vedoktaiścaiva mantraiśca raudrīṃ vā bahurūpiṇīm

Translation

శ్రీసూక్తము, పౌరుషసూక్తము, పావమాన స్తోత్రము, వృషాకపి సూక్తమును పఠించవలెను. అలాగే వేదోక్త మంత్రాలతో రౌద్రీ లేదా బహురూపిణీ స్తోత్రమును జపించవలెను.

Word by Word

• śrī-sūktam: Śrī-sūkta hymn
• śrī-sūktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + sūkta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (श्रियाः सूक्तम्)

• pauruṣam: Puruṣa-related
• pauruṣam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pauruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सूक्तम्)

• sūktam: hymn
• sūktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūkta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pāvamānam: Pāvamāna (hymn)
• pāvamānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvamāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (विशेष-नाम)

• vṛṣākapim: Vṛṣākapi (hymn/name)
• vṛṣākapim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣākapi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (विशेष-नाम)

• vedoktaiḥ: with Veda-prescribed
• vedoktaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त; √vac)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वेदेन उक्तैः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• mantraiḥ: with mantras
• mantraiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• raudrīm: Raudrī (hymn)
• raudrīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raudrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (विशेष-नाम/सूक्तम्)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle)

• bahurūpiṇīm: Bahurūpiṇī (many-formed hymn/deity)
• bahurūpiṇīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (बहुरूपा या सा)

Speaker

Unspecified teacher (Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of pilgrims and priests seated on kusa mats near a shrine, chanting Vedic sūktas; one holds a ladle and water pot, another a manuscript; the atmosphere alternates between gentle Śrī invocations and fierce Raudrī cadence.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra/Śiva (Raudrī implication)
• Śrī (as in Śrī Sūkta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic worship is strengthened by Vedic recitation—hymns and mantras offered with devotion to the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting, Vedic recitation is presented as a meritorious act when performed at the holy place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of Śrī Sūkta, Puruṣa Sūkta, Pāvamāna hymns, Vṛṣākapi, and Vedic mantras such as the Raudrī or Bahurūpiṇī.