Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्तपसा तुष्टः शङ्करो वाक्यमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

tatastattapasā tuṣṭaḥ śaṅkaro vākyamabravīt

Translation

ครั้นแล้วพระศังกระทรงพอพระทัยด้วยตบะนั้น จึงตรัสถ้อยคำดังนี้

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: अव्यय-प्रत्ययान्त (adverb)

• तत्: by that
• तत्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; 'तपसा' इत्यस्य विशेषण (that)

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुष्टः: pleased, satisfied
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: a statement, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (implied Vaiśampāyana) to Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva manifests, pleased, poised to speak—right hand in boon-giving gesture; the ascetic stands reverently on the riverbank as the atmosphere brightens.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity offered with persistence ripens into divine response; Śiva’s grace is portrayed as the fruit of disciplined devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Revā/Narmadā sacred setting where the tapas was performed; the verse itself introduces Śiva’s forthcoming speech.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it concludes the austerity segment and signals the granting of instruction or boon.