Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

विष्णोर्वक्षःस्थलं प्राप्य तत्स्थितं चेति नः श्रुतम् । पीतं तद्वक्षसस्त्रस्तदक्षेण परमेष्ठिना

Transliteration

viṣṇorvakṣaḥsthalaṃ prāpya tatsthitaṃ ceti naḥ śrutam | pītaṃ tadvakṣasastrastadakṣeṇa parameṣṭhinā

Translation

เราทั้งหลายได้ยินว่า สิ่งนั้นไปถึงทรวงอกของพระวิษณุและสถิตอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น และจากทรวงอกของพระวิษณุนั้น ปรมेष्ठิน (พระพรหม) ผู้มีเนตรสั่นไหวได้ดื่มมันเสีย

Word by Word

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• वक्षःस्थलम्: the chest-region
• वक्षःस्थलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्षस् + स्थल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वक्षसः स्थलम्)

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्/आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘प्राप्य’ = having reached

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (context: ‘that’)

• स्थितम्: stood/was situated
• स्थितम्: Kriya (Predicate complement/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative)

• नः: of us/our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन (enclitic)

• श्रुतम्: (it) was heard
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; ‘नः’ इति सम्बन्धः—‘अस्माभिः श्रुतम्’

• पीतम्: was drunk
• पीतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वक्षसः: of the chest
• वक्षसः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• त्रस्त: frightened
• त्रस्त: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रस् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; (सम्भाव्यः पाठः: त्रस्तः)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Deictic/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अक्षेण: with the eye
• अक्षेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• परमेष्ठिना: by the Supreme Lord (Brahmā)
• परमेष्ठिना: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; कर्तृ-करणसम्बन्धे (agent in passive)

Speaker

Māṇḍavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī-sthāna (archetype: Śrīnivāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu enthroned, chest radiant as the seat of Śrī; a stream of concentrated fortune rests there. Brahmā, with a visibly trembling eye, leans forward to ‘drink’ that radiance—depicted as nectar-light—suggesting transfer of auspicious essence.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Brahmā (Parameṣṭhin)
• Vakṣaḥsthala (chest)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic theology portrays divine powers and auspicious essences moving through the cosmic hierarchy (Viṣṇu, Brahmā), indicating their sanctifying potency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a direct tīrtha reference; it supports the larger Revā-khaṇḍa mahātmya by grounding the sacred power in widely known divine figures.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.