Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तत्र स्थित्वा महादेवो देवैः सह महीपते । भ्रान्त्वा भ्रान्त्वा चिरं श्रान्तो निर्विण्णो निषसाद ह

Transliteration

tatra sthitvā mahādevo devaiḥ saha mahīpate | bhrāntvā bhrāntvā ciraṃ śrānto nirviṇṇo niṣasāda ha

Translation

ข้าแต่มหิปติ ณ ที่นั้นมหาเทพประทับอยู่พร้อมหมู่เทพ เสด็จเที่ยวไปมาแล้วไปมาอีกเนิ่นนาน ครั้นอ่อนล้าและเกิดความคลายกำหนัด จึงประทับนั่งลง

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्थित्वा: having stayed
• स्थित्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावेन; धातु: स्था (to stand/stay)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् देवः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Sahakāraka (companionship)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (instr. pl.)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (companionship marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition-like), ‘with’

• महीपते: O lord of the earth (king)
• महीपते: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (voc. sg.)

• भ्रान्त्वा: having wandered
• भ्रान्त्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावेन; धातु: भ्रम् (to wander)

• भ्रान्त्वा: having wandered again and again
• भ्रान्त्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (intensive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• चिरम्: for a long time
• चिरम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time), ‘for long’

• श्रान्तः: tired
• श्रान्तः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रम् (धातु) → श्रान्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• निर्विण्णः: disheartened
• निर्विण्णः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-विद् (धातु) → निर्विण्ण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘disgusted/dejected’

• निषसाद: sat down
• निषसाद: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-षद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्/परस्मैपद-रूपसदृशं (perfect-like narrative past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: नि-षद् (to sit down)

• ह: indeed (expletive)
• ह: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (expletive/metrical particle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the assembled sages (deduced from Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgu-parvata vicinity (Revā-kṣetra adjunct)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a rugged riverside mountain, Śiva with devas appears after long wandering—dusty, contemplative—then sits in a moment of profound dispassion, the landscape quieting around him.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the greatest divine acts culminate in vairāgya (detachment); sacred places are approached with humility and inner stillness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sets the scene in the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-field that will be identified through subsequent verses (Śūlabheda/Cakatīrtha complex near the Revā/Narmadā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; it functions as narrative preparation for the tīrtha-māhātmya and later snāna instructions.