Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 188

Devanagari script

प्रीयतां मे जगन्नाथा हरकृष्णपितामहाः । संसाररक्षणी देवी सुरभी मां समुद्धरेत्

Transliteration

prīyatāṃ me jagannāthā harakṛṣṇapitāmahāḥ | saṃsārarakṣaṇī devī surabhī māṃ samuddharet

Translation

مجھ پر جہان کے ناتھ—ہر، کرشن اور پِتامہ—راضی ہوں؛ اور سنسار میں حفاظت کرنے والی دیوی سُرَبھِی مجھے اٹھا کر نجات عطا کرے۔

Word by Word

• प्रीयताम्: may (he) be pleased
• प्रीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्री (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/आशीर्लिङ्गार्थे ‘let (him) be pleased’

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जगन्नाथाः: lords of the world
• जगन्नाथाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथाः)

• हरकृष्णपितामहाः: Hara, Kṛṣṇa, and Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• हरकृष्णपितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर + कृष्ण + पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (हरः, कृष्णः, पितामहः)

• संसाररक्षणी: protector of worldly existence
• संसाररक्षणी: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार + रक्षणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (संसारस्य रक्षणी); विशेषणम् (देवी इति)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुरभी: Surabhī (the divine cow)
• सुरभी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरभी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समुद्धरेत्: should lift up/deliver
• समुद्धरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-√हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Ritual formula/prayer recited by the donor (within Revākhaṇḍa go-dāna prayoga)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional tableau: the donor with folded hands before a sacred cow (Surabhī archetype) while above appear Hara, Kṛṣṇa, and Brahmā in a triadic vision; the river glows behind, suggesting liberation from saṃsāra.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Surabhī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity is framed as devotion: the act is sealed by prayer seeking divine pleasure and uplift from saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mantra appears within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Eraṇḍī-saṅgama rite-setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A recitation/invocation to be spoken in connection with go-dāna, invoking Surabhī and major deities.