Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

वक्तारो वायुतेनापि बुद्धीनामयुतायुतैः । गुणनिर्वर्णनं नाथ कर्तुं तव न शक्यते

Transliteration

vaktāro vāyutenāpi buddhīnāmayutāyutaiḥ | guṇanirvarṇanaṃ nātha kartuṃ tava na śakyate

Translation

اے ناتھ، اگر بولنے والے ہواؤں کی طرح بے شمار ہوں اور عقلیں کروڑوں کروڑ ہوں، تب بھی آپ کے اوصاف کا پورا بیان ممکن نہیں۔

Word by Word

• vaktāraḥ: speakers
• vaktāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• vāyutena: by the wind
• vāyutena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• buddhīnām: of intellects
• buddhīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• ayutāyutaiḥ: by countless (myriads upon myriads)
• ayutāyutaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयुत + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (अयुतानाम् अयुतैः = by tens-of-thousands of tens-of-thousands)

• guṇa-nirvarṇanam: description of (your) qualities
• guṇa-nirvarṇanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण + निर्वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गुणानां निर्वर्णनम्)

• nātha: O Lord
• nātha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• kartum: to do
• kartum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Infinitive purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययवत् प्रयोग

• tava: of you/your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• śakyate: is possible
• śakyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Apsarās, collectively

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nātha (Hari)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified winds (vāyus) as many translucent figures carrying sound; countless sages/apsarās with radiant foreheads attempt to chant; the Lord’s aura expands beyond the frame, implying inexhaustibility.

Characters & Entities

• Nātha (the Lord)
• Guṇas (divine qualities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

God’s virtues are inexhaustible; devotion grows through continual remembrance rather than claiming complete comprehension.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No; the emphasis is on divine attributes within the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.