Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच । इत्युक्तास्तेन देवेन समस्तास्ताः सुरस्त्रियः । प्रणम्य तौ समदनाः सवसन्ताश्च पार्थिव

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | ityuktāstena devena samastāstāḥ surastriyaḥ | praṇamya tau samadanāḥ savasantāśca pārthiva

Translation

มารกัณฑेयกล่าวว่า: “โอ้พระราชา เมื่อเทพองค์นั้นตรัสดังนี้ เหล่านางฟ้าทั้งหมดได้กราบนอบน้อมแด่ทั้งสอง; แล้วเมื่อความทะนงถูกข่มลง ก็จากไป”

Word by Word

• मार्कण्डेयः: Mārkaṇḍeya
• मार्कण्डेयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case, nominative); एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्ताः: having been addressed/said to
• उक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (उक्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case, nominative); बहुवचन

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case, instrumental); एकवचन

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case, instrumental); एकवचन

• समस्ताः: all/entire
• समस्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• ताः: those
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case, nominative); बहुवचन

• सुरस्त्रियः: wives/women of the gods
• सुरस्त्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणाम् स्त्रियः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √नम् (धातु) त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund)

• तौ: those two (them)
• तौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative); द्विवचन

• समदनाः: together with gifts/with delight (as a group)
• समदनाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम + दना (प्रातिपदिक; दना = ‘gift/wealth’ अथवा ‘delight’—पाठानुसार)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सहितार्थे ‘सम/स’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• सवसन्ताः: with garments/attire
• सवसन्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + वसन्त (प्रातिपदिक; वसन्त = ‘garment/covering’ अथवा ‘spring’—सन्दर्भे ‘वस्त्र’ अधिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सहितार्थे ‘स’: वसन्तैः/वस्त्रैः सहिताः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

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

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th case, vocative); एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Celestial women, now calm and modest, bow to two revered figures; their ornaments seem less ostentatious, and their faces show softened pride as they depart.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Surastriyaḥ (celestial women/apsarās)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True instruction yields humility—pride is to be subdued through reverence and right understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it continues the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (bowing) is shown as a devotional act, but no formal rite is prescribed.