Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

देवराजस्ततो ज्ञात्वा महामैथुनगं हरम् । संमन्त्र्य दैवतैः सार्द्धं प्रैषयज्जातवेदसम्

Transliteration

devarājastato jñātvā mahāmaithunagaṃ haram | saṃmantrya daivataiḥ sārddhaṃ praiṣayajjātavedasam

Translation

پھر دیوراج نے جان لیا کہ ہر ایک عظیم ملاپ میں داخل ہو چکا ہے؛ دیوتاؤں سے مشورہ کر کے اس نے جات ویدس (اگنی) کو روانہ کیا۔

Word by Word

• देवराजः: the king of the gods (Indra)
• देवराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — subject

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then/thereupon’

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त — ‘having known’

• महामैथुनगम्: greatly engaged in union
• महामैथुनगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + मैथुनग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — qualifying ‘हरम्’

• हरम्: Hara (Śiva)
• हरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — object of ‘ज्ञात्वा’ (and contextually of action)

• संमन्त्र्य: having consulted
• संमन्त्र्य: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + मन्त्र् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund) — ‘having consulted’

• दैवतैः: with the deities
• दैवतैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण/सह), बहुवचन — instrumental plural; accompaniment

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गार्थ/सह-निपात) — ‘together with’

• प्रैषयत्: sent
• प्रैषयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + इष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘sent’

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (जातं वेदः यस्य = ‘whose knowledge is innate’); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — object of ‘प्रैषयत्’ (Agni)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, realizing Śiva is engaged in great union, convenes the gods; Agni is appointed and sent as emissary, flames contained in a divine form.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Devarāja)
• Śiva (Hara)
• Agni (Jātavedas)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma portrays cosmic order being upheld through coordinated divine responsibility—each deity performs a role in a larger sacred aim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred region is the textual setting, but no single tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse narrates the Devas’ decision to send Agni.