Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

स्तुतिभिर्मंगलैश्चैव वेदवेदांगसंभवैः । वाचस्पते विबुध्यस्व महाभूत नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

stutibhirmaṃgalaiścaiva vedavedāṃgasaṃbhavaiḥ | vācaspate vibudhyasva mahābhūta namo'stu te

Translation

వేదము మరియు వేదాంగముల నుండి జనించిన మంగళమయ స్తోత్రములతో బ్రహ్ముడు పలికెను— “హే వాచస్పతీ, మేల్కొనుము; హే మహాభూతా, నీకు నమస్కారము.”

Word by Word

• स्तुतिभिः: with praises
• स्तुतिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन (Feminine, Instrumental case, Plural)

• मङ्गलैः: with auspicious (words/benedictions)
• मङ्गलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• वेद: Veda
• वेद: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound-member; Masculine stem)

• वेदाङ्ग: Vedic auxiliary (Vedāṅga)
• वेदाङ्ग: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासपूर्वपद; Neuter stem; ‘limb of the Veda’)

• संभवैः: arising from / originating in
• संभवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural); विशेषण—स्तुतिभिः/मङ्गलैः सह

• वाचस्पते: O Lord of speech (Bṛhaspati)
• वाचस्पते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाचस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• विबुध्यस्व: awake / become aware
• विबुध्यस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Imperative, 2nd person, Singular, Ātmanepada)

• महाभूत: O great being
• महाभूत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Vocative, Singular)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमः-शब्दः अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable used for salutation)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Imperative/benedictive sense, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular; ‘of/for you’)

Speaker

Brahmā (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages / tīrtha-śrotṛ community (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā (or a creator-figure) offers Vedic auspicious hymns, hands in añjali, addressing the Lord of Speech; the atmosphere is liminal—between dissolution and re-creation.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Vācaspati
• Mahābhūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic-rooted praise (stuti) is shown as a dharmic means to approach the supreme power that sustains and reawakens creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha; the verse is a liturgical moment within the pralaya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice: offering auspicious stuti grounded in Veda/Vedāṅga as a devotional act.