Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

इति संस्थाप्य तान् विप्रान् सा स्थिता पर्यपालयत् । चतुर्धा तु स्थितो विष्णुः श्रिया देव्याः प्रिये रतः

Transliteration

iti saṃsthāpya tān viprān sā sthitā paryapālayat | caturdhā tu sthito viṣṇuḥ śriyā devyāḥ priye rataḥ

Translation

ครั้นนางได้จัดตั้งพราหมณ์เหล่านั้นไว้โดยสมควรแล้ว นางก็พำนักอยู่และคอยอภิบาลดูแลท่านทั้งหลายต่อไป ส่วนพระวิษณุก็ประทับอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นในสี่ภาวะ เพลิดเพลินในสำนักอันเป็นที่รักของพระเทวีศรี

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्, वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-बोधक (quotative)

• संस्थाप्य: having established
• संस्थाप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (Gerund): ‘having established/placed’

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन

• विप्रान्: brāhmaṇas
• विप्रान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• स्थिता: standing, remaining
• स्थिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पर्यपालयत्: protected, looked after
• पर्यपालयत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-पाल् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• चतुर्धा: in fourfold manner
• चतुर्धा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चतुर्धा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्, प्रकार/विभागवाचक (adverb: in four ways)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्, विशेष/विरोधार्थक-निपात

• स्थितः: stood, remained
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• श्रिया: with Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• श्रिया: Sahakāraka/Hetu (Instrument/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• देव्याः: of the goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• प्रिये: in/with the beloved
• प्रिये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘प्रिये’ = ‘in/with the beloved (thing/person)’ (locative of relation)

• रतः: delighting, devoted
• रतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम् (धातु) → रत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विष्णु-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śrī stands as guardian of the settled brāhmaṇas; Viṣṇu is shown abiding in a fourfold manifestation, enjoying Śrī’s presence—an iconographic tableau of protection and divine immanence.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sevā (care and protection) of brāhmaṇas and dharmic dependents is upheld as a sustaining virtue, accompanied by divine presence and auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa context points to the sacred region of the river Revā (Narmadā) and its tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied dharmic act is vipra-saṃsthāpana and vipra-pālana—establishing and caring for brāhmaṇas.