Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अनेकदेवब्रह्मर्षिराजर्षिप्रवरान्वितः । आस्ते तस्मिन्नृपस्तुंगे मंडपे विष्णुभक्तिमान्

Transliteration

anekadevabrahmarṣirājarṣipravarānvitaḥ | āste tasminnṛpastuṃge maṃḍape viṣṇubhaktimān

Translation

ท่ามกลางหมู่เทวะ พรหมฤๅษี และราชฤๅษีผู้ประเสริฐมากมาย พระราชาผู้มีภักติแด่พระวิษณุประทับอยู่ในมณฑปสูงนั้น

Word by Word

• अनेकदेवब्रह्मर्षिराजर्षिप्रवरान्वितः: accompanied by many eminent gods and sages
• अनेकदेवब्रह्मर्षिराजर्षिप्रवरान्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक + देव + ब्रह्मर्षि + राजर्षि + प्रवर + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (अनेकैः देवैः ब्रह्मर्षिभिः राजर्षिभिः प्रवरैः च अन्वितः = accompanied by many excellent gods, brahmarṣis, and rājarṣis)

• आस्ते: sits/remains
• आस्ते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• उत्तुङ्गे: lofty
• उत्तुङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तुङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मण्डपे)

• मण्डपे: in the pavilion
• मण्डपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विष्णुभक्तिमान्: devoted to Viṣṇu
• विष्णुभक्तिमान्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु + भक्तिमत् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (विष्णौ भक्तिः अस्य अस्ति = possessing devotion to Viṣṇu)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-maṇḍapa tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand assembly: devas radiant, brahmarṣis with matted locks, royal sages in simple garments; the king sits centered, hands folded in Viṣṇu-bhakti within the towering pavilion.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Devas
• Brahmarṣis
• Rājarṣis
• Parīkṣit

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) and the company of the wise are portrayed as spiritual safeguards; kingship is ennobled when aligned with dharma and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse indirectly continues the Gaṅgā setting from the prior verse, implying sanctity through proximity to the sacred river, though no named tīrtha is specified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on devotional identity (Viṣṇu-bhakti) and holy association.