Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठाद्या जाबालिरथ कश्यपः । समेत्य सहिताः सर्वे तमूचुस्त्रिपुरान्तकम्

Transliteration

viśvāmitravasiṣṭhādyā jābāliratha kaśyapaḥ | sametya sahitāḥ sarve tamūcustripurāntakam

Translation

วิศวามิตร วสิษฐะ และเหล่าฤษีอื่น ๆ—ทั้งชาบาลีและกัศยปะด้วย—มาชุมนุมพร้อมกัน แล้วทั้งหมดกราบทูลต่อพระตรีปุรานตกะ (พระศิวะ)

Word by Word

• viśvāmitra-vasiṣṭha-ādyāḥ: Viśvāmitra, Vasiṣṭha and others
• viśvāmitra-vasiṣṭha-ādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक) + vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विश्वामित्र-वसिष्ठ-आदयः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• jābāliḥ: Jābāli
• jābāliḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jābāli (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• atha: and/then
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/and then)

• kaśyapaḥ: Kaśyapa
• kaśyapaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sametya: having gathered
• sametya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-√i (धातु: इ) + ktvā (ल्यप्)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त अव्यय); पूर्वकाले कृत्यर्थः = having assembled/come together

• sahitāḥ: together/united
• sahitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saha (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + ita (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (सर्वे/मुनयः)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• tripura-antakam: the destroyer of Tripura
• tripura-antakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक) + antaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (त्रिपुरस्य अन्तकः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे कर्मरूपेण (तम् ... ऊचुः)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual Śaiva tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata-addressed interlocutor (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of eminent sages with matted hair and staffs assemble before Śiva as Tripurāntaka, who stands or sits with calm majesty; the moment is poised just before their petition.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Vasiṣṭha
• Jābāli
• Kaśyapa
• Śiva (Tripurāntaka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest deity accepts the moral voice of ṛṣis—dharma is upheld through sage-counsel and sacred restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) region frames the account; the verse spotlights the ṛṣi-saṅgha and Śiva rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription here; it introduces a counsel-dialogue that points toward tapas and forbearance.