Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 159

Devanagari script

तस्य तत्रोषितस्यैवं निशीथेऽथ नरेश्वर । आकाशे सोऽति शुश्राव दिव्यवाणीसमीरितम्

Transliteration

tasya tatroṣitasyaivaṃ niśīthe'tha nareśvara | ākāśe so'ti śuśrāva divyavāṇīsamīritam

Translation

เมื่อประทับอยู่ที่นั่นดังนี้ ครั้นถึงยามเที่ยงคืน โอ้พระราชา เขาได้ยินชัดเจนในท้องฟ้าเป็นวาจาทิพย์ที่เปล่งออกมา

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• उषितस्य: of (him) who had stayed
• उषितस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु) → उषित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘तस्य’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• निशीथे: at midnight
• निशीथे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशीथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अथ: then; now
• अथ: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक निपात

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘नराणाम् ईश्वरः’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• आकाशे: in the sky
• आकाशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अति: exceedingly; very
• अति: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; तीव्रता/अतिशयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण

• शुश्राव: heard
• शुश्राव: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• दिव्यवाणीसमीरितम्: uttered by a divine voice
• दिव्यवाणीसमीरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वाणी (प्रातिपदिक) + समीरित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘(शब्दम्/वाक्यम्)’ इति अध्याहृतस्य विशेषणम्; ‘दिव्यया वाण्या समीरितम्’ (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice, likely Sūta speaking in Āvantya Khaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nareśvara/king (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At midnight, the king awakens in a quiet lodge; above, the sky opens with a luminous presence—an unseen voice rendered as radiance, script-like sound waves, or a celestial figure in clouds.

Characters & Entities

• Nareśvara (king)
• Divya-vāṇī (divine voice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere dharma invites confirmation from the unseen—divine assurance follows disciplined worship and charity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode occurs in the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred zone; the verse itself does not name the exact tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; it introduces a revelatory moment (divine proclamation) following the completed observance.