Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तथापि मम वाक्येन वाहनं त्वं भविष्यसि । शङ्खचक्रगदापाणेर्वहतोऽपि जगत्त्रयम्

Transliteration

tathāpi mama vākyena vāhanaṃ tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi | śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇervahato'pi jagattrayam

Translation

پھر بھی میرے کلام کے سبب تم ضرور اس کے واهن بنو گے—جس کے ہاتھوں میں شنکھ، چکر اور گدا ہیں، اور جو خود تینوں جہانوں کو تھامے ہوئے ہے۔

Word by Word

• तथापि: nevertheless
• तथापि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चयः; विरोध/अपवादार्थक (nevertheless)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वाक्येन: by (my) word/command
• वाक्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• वाहनम्: vehicle, mount
• वाहनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/लृट्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शङ्खचक्रगदापाणेः: of him whose hand bears conch, discus, and mace (Viṣṇu)
• शङ्खचक्रगदापाणेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गदा (प्रातिपदिक) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (शङ्ख-चक्र-गदा यस्य पाणौ सः = whose hand holds conch, discus, mace)

• वहतः: while carrying / of (him) carrying
• वहतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘carrying’

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपवादार्थक-अव्यय (even/also)

• जगत्त्रयम्: the three worlds
• जगत्त्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (three worlds)

Speaker

Śrī Maheśa (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boon is pronounced: despite the cosmic paradox, the recipient will become the mount of Viṣṇu, whose hands hold conch, discus, and mace; the Lord is envisioned bearing the three worlds even as he is borne.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Viṣṇu (Śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇi)
• Garuḍa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s decree overrides apparent impossibility; divine authority fulfills what devotion seeks.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is a boon-bestowal episode within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on the efficacy of the deity’s word and the granting of a boon.