Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तस्य चानुचरो भ्राता भ्रातुः शुश्रूषणे रतः । तपोजपकृशीभूतो दध्यौ देवं जनार्दनम्

Transliteration

tasya cānucaro bhrātā bhrātuḥ śuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ | tapojapakṛśībhūto dadhyau devaṃ janārdanam

Translation

และน้องชายของท่าน เป็นผู้ติดตามคอยปรนนิบัติพี่ชายด้วยความภักดี ผ่ายผอมด้วยตบะและการสวดมนต์ (ชปะ) แล้วเพ่งภาวนาต่อพระเจ้า ชนารทนะ

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• अनुचरः: attendant, follower
• अनुचरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भ्राता: brother
• भ्राता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भ्रातुः: of (his) brother
• भ्रातुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुश्रूषणे: in service/attendance
• शुश्रूषणे: Adhikarana (Sphere/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुश्रूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रतः: devoted, engaged
• रतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम् (धातु) → रत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) अर्थे ‘आसक्त/निरतः’

• तपोजपकृशीभूतः: emaciated by austerity and japa
• तपोजपकृशीभूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस् + जप + कृशी + भू (धातु) → भूत (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (तपोजपेन कृशीभूतः = ‘emaciated by austerity and recitation’); भूतः = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• दध्यौ: meditated upon
• दध्यौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम (apposition to ‘devam’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māṇḍavya-āśrama / Revā-tīra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lean ascetic attendant-brother stands or sits near the meditating Māṇḍavya, offering water or simple service; his mind is fixed on Janārdana, envisioned as a serene Viṣṇu form in subtle radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya
• Janārdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is twofold: humble service to the saintly and inner worship through japa and meditation on the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider Narmadā-bank ascetic setting of the Revā Khaṇḍa; the verse focuses on practice (sādhana) rather than naming a tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa (mantra repetition) and dhyāna (meditation), alongside śuśrūṣā (devotional service to a sage).