Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

श्रीरुवाच । मम नाम्ना तु विप्रर्षे तव नाम्ना तु शोभनम् । स्थानं कुरुष्वाभिप्रेतमविरोधेन मे मतिः

Transliteration

śrīruvāca | mama nāmnā tu viprarṣe tava nāmnā tu śobhanam | sthānaṃ kuruṣvābhipretamavirodhena me matiḥ

Translation

พระศรีตรัสว่า “โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ สถานที่นี้ควรเรียกด้วยนามของเรา และด้วยนามของท่านด้วย จึงจะงดงามสมควร จงสถาปนาอาสนะศักดิ์สิทธิ์ตามที่ท่านปรารถนาเถิด เจตนาของเราไร้การขัดข้อง”

Word by Word

• श्रीः: Śrī
• श्रीः: Karta (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive: of me/my)

• नाम्ना: by (my) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental: by/with the name)

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषबोधक अव्यय (but/indeed)

• विप्रर्षे: O brahmin sage
• विप्रर्षे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विप्रः ऋषिः)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive: your)

• नाम्ना: by (your) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषबोधक अव्यय

• शोभनम्: beautiful / auspicious
• शोभनम्: Predicate (Complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicate adjective)

• स्थानम्: place / abode
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कुरुष्व: do / make
• कुरुष्व: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'कुरु' + 'स्व' (enclitic)

• अभिप्रेतम्: desired / intended
• अभिप्रेतम्: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि + प्रि (धातु) → अभिप्रेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle: desired/approved), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of स्थानम्)

• अविरोधेन: without conflict
• अविरोधेन: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविरोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental: without opposition / in harmony)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (my/to me)

• मतिः: intention / thought
• मतिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī (Lakṣmī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Proposed Śrī–Bhṛgu-nāma sthāna (exact compound name not given in this verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhṛgu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śrī speaks calmly, proposing the place bear her name and Bhṛgu’s name, granting full consent for establishment without opposition.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Bhṛgu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy foundations thrive through concord (avirodha) and divine approval; naming preserves sacred memory and lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A consecrated ‘sthāna’ within the Revā Khaṇḍa is being authorized and named in relation to Śrī and Bhṛgu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual; it authorizes establishment and naming—key elements of tīrtha/temple tradition.