Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ततः प्रोवाच देवेशं यमः संयमने रतः । तत्र प्रधानो भगवान् भवेयं सर्वजन्तुषु

Transliteration

tataḥ provāca deveśaṃ yamaḥ saṃyamane rataḥ | tatra pradhāno bhagavān bhaveyaṃ sarvajantuṣu

Translation

แล้วพระยม ผู้ยึดมั่นในสังยมะและการปกครอง ได้กราบทูลพระผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งเทวะว่า “ในแดนนั้น ท่ามกลางสรรพสัตว์ทั้งปวง ขอให้ข้าพเจ้าเป็นผู้เป็นใหญ่สูงสุด”

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Desha/Kala-adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदर्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘then/from there’)

• प्रोवाच: said
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र-

• देवेशम्: the Lord of gods
• देवेशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; (देवानाम् ईशः)

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संयमने: in Saṃyamana (Yama’s abode)
• संयमने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• रतः: engaged / devoted
• रतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत (कृदन्त; रम् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• प्रधानः: chief
• प्रधानः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• भगवान्: the venerable one / lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवेयम्: may I be
• भवेयम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वजन्तुषु: among all beings
• सर्वजन्तुषु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वजन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; (सर्वे च ते जन्तवः)

Speaker

Yama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇa audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama, dark-hued and regal, holding a daṇḍa (staff) or pāśa, bows to Śiva-Umā; behind him a faint vision of Saṃyamana’s orderly city and attendants of dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Mahādeva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order depends on saṃyama (restraint) and accountability; Yama’s role symbolizes dharma’s regulating power over all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; it continues the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative rooted in the sanctity of the Narmadā landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse records a boon-request connected to dharmic governance (saṃyama).