Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मा सप्तर्षयस्तत्र स्रुक्स्रुवग्रहणे रताः । अग्नीञ्जुहुविरे राजन्वेदिर्धात्री ससागरा

Transliteration

brahmā saptarṣayastatra sruksruvagrahaṇe ratāḥ | agnīñjuhuvire rājanvedirdhātrī sasāgarā

Translation

ที่นั่น พระพรหมและฤๅษีทั้งเจ็ดตั้งมั่นในการถือศรุกและศรุวะ โอ้พระราชา ท่านทั้งหลายได้เทอาหุติลงสู่ไฟศักดิ์สิทธิ์; แผ่นดินพร้อมมหาสมุทรทั้งหลายเองเป็นเวทีบูชา

Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• sapta-ṛṣayaḥ: the seven sages
• sapta-ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः — ‘सप्त ऋषयः’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• sruk-sruva-grahaṇe: in the taking/holding of ladle and spoon
• sruk-sruva-grahaṇe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sruk (प्रातिपदिक) + sruva (प्रातिपदिक) + grahaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः — ‘स्रुक्स्रुवयोः ग्रहणे’

• ratāḥ: engaged/delighted
• ratāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ram (रम् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past participle) ‘रत’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• agnīn: fires
• agnīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• juhuvire: they offered (oblations)
• juhuvire: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hu (हु धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• vediḥ: the altar
• vediḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vedi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• dhātrī: the supporter/bearer
• dhātrī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhātrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• sa-sāgarā: together with the oceans
• sa-sāgarā: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘सह’) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समासः — ‘सागरैः सह’/‘सागरा सहिताः’ (qualifying vediḥ)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nārāyaṇa-vivāha-yajña (event-tīrtha, contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā and the Seven Ṛṣis hold the sruk and sruva, pouring oblations into blazing fires; the entire earth with her oceans becomes the altar-platform.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Saptarṣi
• Agni
• Dhātrī (Earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the divine is worshipped, the cosmos itself becomes cooperative—ritual is depicted as universal harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse uses cosmic geography (earth and oceans) rather than a single local tīrtha, amplifying the rite’s universal sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It describes core yajña actions: using sruk/sruva ladles and offering oblations into Agni.