Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्र सुप्तं महात्मानं ब्रह्मलोकनिवासिनः । भृग्वादिऋषयः सर्वे ये चान्ये सनकादयः

Transliteration

tatra suptaṃ mahātmānaṃ brahmalokanivāsinaḥ | bhṛgvādiṛṣayaḥ sarve ye cānye sanakādayaḥ

Translation

ณ ที่นั้นมหาตมะผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ทรงบรรทมหลับ; และเหล่าฤๅษีผู้พำนักในพรหมโลกทั้งปวง—ภฤคุและหมู่อื่น—พร้อมทั้งผู้ทรงพรตอื่น เช่น สนะกะและพี่น้อง ได้มาชมพระองค์

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• सुप्तम्: sleeping
• सुप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्त (कृदन्त; √स्वप् (धातु), क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘महात्मानम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled one
• महात्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महन् + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मलोकनिवासिनः: dwellers of Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकनिवासिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक + निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; ‘ब्रह्मलोके निवासिनः’

• भृग्वादि: beginning with Bhṛgu
• भृग्वादि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भृगु + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; ‘ऋषयः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण—‘beginning with Bhṛgu’

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; ‘ऋषयः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• सनकादयः: Sanaka and others
• सनकादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनक + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; ‘सनकः आदिः येषाम्’

Speaker

Deductive (Revākhaṇḍa narration; likely the narrator continuing the account)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of luminous sages—Bhṛgu and others, and the four Kumāras—arrive from Brahmaloka, their ascetic radiance contrasting with the dark oceanic background; they stand in folded-hands contemplation before the sleeping Mahātman.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Bhṛgu
• Sanaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest sages approach the Lord with reverence, acknowledging His transcendence beyond waking and sleep.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Revā/Narmadā’s Revākhaṇḍa, but this verse highlights celestial sages rather than a specific earthly tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on the assembly of ṛṣis and their approach to the divine presence.