Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

देवदानवयक्षाणां गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् । वचनेन तु विप्राणामेतत्पूज्यं भविष्यति

Transliteration

devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām | vacanena tu viprāṇāmetatpūjyaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

แม้แก่เหล่าเทวะ ทานวะ ยักษะ คันธรรพะ นาค และรากษสะทั้งหลาย ด้วยถ้อยคำของพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย สิ่งนี้จักเป็นที่ควรแก่การสักการบูชา

Word by Word

• devadānavayakṣāṇām: of gods, demons, and yakṣas
• devadānavayakṣāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + dānava + yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (देवाः च दानवाः च यक्षाः च)

• gandharva: of gandharvas
• gandharva: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (समाहार-गणना; पदच्छेदे ‘गन्धर्व-’ as first member of dvandva with following)

• uraga: of serpents
• uraga: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uraga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (समाहार; as member)

• rakṣasām: of rākṣasas
• rakṣasām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; (गन्धर्व-उरग-रक्षसाम् इति समाहार-द्वन्द्वार्थः)

• vacanena: by the word/command
• vacanena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/विशेषणार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• viprāṇām: of the brāhmaṇas
• viprāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• etatpūjyam: this (will be) worship-worthy
• etatpūjyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat + pūjya (प्रातिपदिक; √pūj (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; एतत्-तत्पुरुषः (‘this’ + ‘worthy of worship’)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Jagannātha (the Lord; contextually a divine figure addressed by Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic cosmic audience—devas, dānavas, yakṣas, gandharvas, nāgas, rākṣasas—standing in ordered rows, all turning toward a group of brāhmaṇa sages whose spoken word radiates as a visible aura over the liṅga/shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Dānavas
• Yakṣas
• Gandharvas
• Nāgas (Uraga)
• Rākṣasas
• Brāhmaṇas (Vipras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma exalts the sanctifying authority of Brāhmaṇas—by their righteous word, worship becomes established and universally venerable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting, the broader sacred geography centers on the Revā/Narmadā region, though this verse chiefly glorifies Brāhmaṇas rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implicit prescription: honor and follow the Brāhmaṇas’ guidance in establishing or performing pūjā, especially connected with liṅga-worship.