Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

सनत्कुमारप्रमुखाः सदस्यास्तस्य चाभवन् । औद्गात्रमत्र्यङ्गिरसौ मरीचिश्च चकार ह

Transliteration

sanatkumārapramukhāḥ sadasyāstasya cābhavan | audgātramatryaṅgirasau marīciśca cakāra ha

Translation

ในสภายัญญะนั้น สนะตกุมารและฤๅษีทั้งหลายเป็นสมาชิก และหน้าที่อุทคาตฤได้กระทำโดยอัตริกับอังคิรส อีกทั้งมรีจิด้วย

Word by Word

• सनत्कुमारप्रमुखाः: those headed by Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारप्रमुखाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanat-kumāra + pramukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सनत्कुमारः प्रमुखः येषाम्)

• सदस्याः: members (of the assembly)
• सदस्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him/that (sacrifice)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

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

• अभवन्: were
• अभवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• औद्गात्रम्: the udgātṛ-priesthood
• औद्गात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: audgātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; पद/कार्यवाचक (office of udgātṛ)

• अत्रि-अङ्गिरसौ: Atri and Aṅgiras
• अत्रि-अङ्गिरसौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atri (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅgiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः

• मरीचिः: Marīci
• मरीचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marīci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• चकार: performed / did
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yajña-sthāna on Revā (unspecified)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājaśārdūla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand yajña-sabhā: Sanatkumāra and other Kumāras seated as members; Atri and Aṅgiras chanting Sāman as Udgātṛs; Marīci present, with fire altar central.

Characters & Entities

• Sanatkumāra
• Atri
• Aṅgiras
• Marīci
• Sadasyas
• Udgātṛ (Audgātra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A yajña becomes supremely sanctifying when guided by realized sages—ritual and realization unite to uphold cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-khaṇḍa region is elevated by associating it with a rishi-led yajña, a hallmark of tīrtha greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It identifies Vedic roles: sadasyas (members) and the Udgātṛ (audgātra) function performed by great ṛṣis.