Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

देवतानां गुरुं शास्त्रं परमं सिद्धिकारणम् । श्रुत्वेश्वरमुखात्पार्थ मयापि तव कीर्तितम्

Transliteration

devatānāṃ guruṃ śāstraṃ paramaṃ siddhikāraṇam | śrutveśvaramukhātpārtha mayāpi tava kīrtitam

Translation

یہ شاستر دیوتاؤں کا گرو ہے اور سِدھی کی برترین علت ہے۔ اے پارتھ! اِیشور کے دہنِ مبارک سے سن کر، میں نے بھی اسے تیرے لیے بیان کیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• devatānām: of the deities
• devatānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (देवता प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• gurum: teacher
• gurum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (गुरु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śāstram: scripture/teaching
• śāstram: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition to gurum)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (शास्त्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (परम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (śāstram)

• siddhi-kāraṇam: cause of success
• siddhi-kāraṇam: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (सिद्धि) + kāraṇa (कारण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund/absolutive): 'having heard'

• īśvara-mukhāt: from the mouth of Īśvara
• īśvara-mukhāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (ईश्वर) + mukha (मुख)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• pārtha: O Pārtha
• pārtha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (पार्थ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: 'also')

• tava: to you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• kīrtitam: has been proclaimed
• kīrtitam: Kriyā (Predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (कीर्त् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced; verse frames transmission from Īśvara)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda seated as teacher, addressing Pārtha; behind Skanda a subtle vision of Īśvara (Śiva) as the original source, indicating a lineage of revelation; palm-leaf manuscripts and a calm hermitage setting.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Pārtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural teaching, received through authentic transmission, functions as a divine guru and leads to siddhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse legitimizes the Revā Khaṇḍa teaching by tracing it to Īśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) from an authoritative source and kīrtana/proclamation as dharmic transmission.