Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

येन देवाश्च गन्धर्वा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः । परां धृतिं समायान्ति तत्प्रभो कर्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

yena devāśca gandharvā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ | parāṃ dhṛtiṃ samāyānti tatprabho kartumarhasi

Translation

ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า โปรดกระทำสิ่งนั้นเถิด ซึ่งจะทำให้เหล่าเทพ คันธรรพ์ และฤๅษีผู้มั่งคั่งด้วยตบะ ได้กลับคืนสู่ความมั่นคงและความกล้าหาญอันสูงสุด

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• तपोधनाः: those whose wealth is austerity (ascetics)
• तपोधनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन (प्रातिपदिक; तपस् + धन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (धृतिम् इति विशेष्य)

• धृतिम्: steadfastness/fortitude
• धृतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समायान्ति: attain/come to
• समायान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Devas (supplication continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wider assembly: devas, gandharvas with instruments, and austere sages with matted hair, all imploring Śiva to restore their courage and stability.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhu (Śiva)
• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace restores inner steadiness (dhṛti) to those shaken by adharma, enabling the re-establishment of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred-geography setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on prayer for spiritual and cosmic stability.