Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

कुर्वन्तु शक्रं निर्दोषं तथा सर्वे महर्षयः । बृहस्पतिमुखोद्गीर्णं श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं शुभम्

Transliteration

kurvantu śakraṃ nirdoṣaṃ tathā sarve maharṣayaḥ | bṛhaspatimukhodgīrṇaṃ śrutvā tadvacanaṃ śubham

Translation

ครั้นได้สดับถ้อยคำอันเป็นมงคลซึ่งเปล่งจากโอษฐ์พระพฤหัสบดีแล้ว เหล่ามหาฤๅษีทั้งปวงจึงตั้งใจว่า “ขอให้พระศักระ (อินทรา) พ้นจากมลทินเถิด”

Word by Word

• कुर्वन्तु: let (them) do/make
• कुर्वन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपदम्

• शक्रम्: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (singular)

• निर्दोषम्: blameless
• निर्दोषम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) शक्रम् प्रति

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) महर्षयः प्रति

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• बृहस्पति-मुख-उद्गीर्णम्: uttered from Bṛhaspati’s mouth
• बृहस्पति-मुख-उद्गीर्णम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्गीर्ण (कृदन्त; √गॄ/गिर् ‘उद्गिर्’ भावे)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘उद्गीर्ण’ = ‘uttered’; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (by the mouth of Bṛhaspati)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• तत्-वचनम्: that statement
• तत्-वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (his/that speech)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् वचनम् प्रति

Speaker

Narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine assembly: Bṛhaspati speaks; rows of mahārṣis assent, resolving to free Śakra (Indra) from blame.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Mahārṣis
• Bṛhaspati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Purāṇic dharma, purification is guided by guru-like counsel (Bṛhaspati) and ratified by the community of sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is described; it records the decision to absolve Śakra through an ensuing process.