Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

एवं देवा वरं दत्त्वा हरीश्वरपुरोगमाः । स्वस्थानमगमन् पूर्वं मुक्त्वा तन्नाम चोत्तमम्

Transliteration

evaṃ devā varaṃ dattvā harīśvarapurogamāḥ | svasthānamagaman pūrvaṃ muktvā tannāma cottamam

Translation

ดังนี้เหล่าเทวะทั้งหลาย—มีหรีศวรเป็นผู้นำ—ครั้นประทานพรแล้ว ก็ประกาศนามอันประเสริฐของตีรถะนั้นก่อน จากนั้นจึงกลับสู่สถานของตน

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having given)

• हरीश्वरपुरोगमाः: with Hari and Īśvara in front/leading
• हरीश्वरपुरोगमाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरोगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (येषां पुरोगमौ हरि-ईश्वरौ ते)

• स्वस्थानम्: their own abode
• स्वस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वं स्थानम्)

• अगमन्: went
• अगमन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पूर्वम्: before/previously
• पूर्वम्: Sambandha (Time/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• मुक्त्वा: having left/abandoned
• मुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having released/left)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; (नाम) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नाम) इत्यस्य

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, narrative continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed here (the tīrtha whose 'excellent name' is proclaimed)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An assembly of devas, led by Harīśvara, stands above the riverbank shrine; they bestow a boon and then depart skyward, while a sage or herald proclaims the tīrtha’s auspicious name to the world.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Harīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine sanction and naming (nāma-māhātmya) establish a site’s authority and sanctity in sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha whose ‘excellent name’ is proclaimed within Revā Khaṇḍa Adhyāya 84 (context: Revā–Kumbheśvara/Skanda-nāma tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it narrates the granting of a boon and the proclamation of the tīrtha’s name.