Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

एवमस्त्विति तौ प्राह भास्करो वारितस्करः । इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे भानुर्दैत्याभ्यां तत्र भास्करः

Transliteration

evamastviti tau prāha bhāskaro vāritaskaraḥ | ityuktvāntardadhe bhānurdaityābhyāṃ tatra bhāskaraḥ

Translation

พระภาสกร ผู้ทรงห้ามปรามโจรทั้งหลาย ตรัสแก่ทั้งสองว่า “เป็นเช่นนั้นเถิด” ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระภานุ (พระสุริยะ) ก็อันตรธานไปจากเบื้องหน้าสองอสูร ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Avyaya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Avyaya (Quotative/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक अव्यय

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), द्विवचन

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• भास्करः: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• वारितस्करः: one who wards off thieves (protector)
• वारितस्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + स्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभावः (वारितः स्करः/तस्करः इव), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भास्करः इति विशेषणम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Avyaya (Quotative/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक अव्यय

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• अन्तर्दधे: disappeared
• अन्तर्दधे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• भानुः: the Sun
• भानुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; भास्करस्य पर्यायः

• दैत्याभ्याम्: by/with the two demons
• दैत्याभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), द्विवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative adverb/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• भास्करः: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (पुनरुक्ति—वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थं/पाठभेदसम्भवः)

Speaker

Bhāskara (Sūrya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya pronounces ‘evam astu’ with a boon-giving gesture; immediately his form dissolves into light, leaving the two daityas in the afterglow on the riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Bhānu
• Daityas (Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine boons are granted by higher will, yet the deity remains transcendent—appearing to bless and then withdrawing, emphasizing divinity beyond possession.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Sūrya-boon narrative within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records the granting of a boon and the deity’s disappearance.