Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

देवानां वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । चिन्तयामास राजेन्द्र वधार्थं दानवस्य ह

Transliteration

devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | cintayāmāsa rājendra vadhārthaṃ dānavasya ha

Translation

ครั้นได้สดับถ้อยคำของเหล่าเทวะแล้ว พระพรหมผู้เป็นปิตามหะแห่งโลกทั้งปวง ก็เริ่มใคร่ครวญเถิดโอ้ราชา ถึงหนทางเพื่อสังหารอสูรตนนั้น

Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वचनम्: words; statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लोक-पितामहः: the grandsire of the world
• लोक-पितामहः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोकस्य पितामहः)

• चिन्तयामास: pondered; thought
• चिन्तयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; परिप्रयोगः (आमास-आगम)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (राजानाम् इन्द्रः)

• वध-अर्थम्: for the killing
• वध-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अर्थ-तत्पुरुषः: वधाय/वधस्य अर्थः)

• दानवस्य: of the demon
• दानवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ह: indeed
• ह: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a king: rājendra)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: राजेन्द्र (king addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, the grandsire, grows silent and contemplative after hearing the devas; the assembly waits as he considers the means to slay Andhaka.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Devas
• Dānava (Andhaka implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protection of the worlds requires discernment and right strategy; dharma is upheld through thoughtful, not impulsive, action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is part of a cosmic deliberation sequence rather than a tīrtha-māhātmya passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces Brahmā’s deliberation about the demon’s death.