Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

भानुरुवाच । आहूतोऽस्मि कथं देव ह्यघासुरनिषूदन

Transliteration

bhānuruvāca | āhūto'smi kathaṃ deva hyaghāsuraniṣūdana

Translation

ภานุทูลว่า: “ข้าแต่เทพเจ้า ผู้ปราบอฆาสุระ ข้าถูกอัญเชิญมาอย่างไรเล่า?”

Word by Word

• bhānuḥ: the Sun
• bhānuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• āhūtaḥ: called/summoned
• āhūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āhūta (कृदन्त; √hū हु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृसंबन्धे (I, having been called)

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• katham: how/why
• katham: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: 'how/why')

• deva: O god/Lord
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: emphasis/indeed)

• aghāsura: Aghāsura
• aghāsura: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aghāsura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-पूर्वपद (in compound)

• niṣūdana: O slayer of Aghāsura
• niṣūdana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niṣūdana (प्रातिपदिक; from √sūd सूद् with नि-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अघासुरस्य निषूदनः = slayer of Aghāsura)

Speaker

Bhānu (Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadottara-taṭa (Sūrya-samvāda-sthāna)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya, radiant and descending, speaks to Śiva with folded hands, asking why he has been summoned, addressing him with a striking epithet.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānu (Sūrya)
• Deva (addressed Lord)
• Aghāsura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility before the divine is modeled even by cosmic deities; they seek the purpose behind a command rather than asserting autonomy.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the Narmadā-bank setting associated with Prabhāseśa tīrtha; the verse itself is a dialogic transition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a question initiating the instruction that follows.