Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

त्वत्प्रसादेन ईशान पूज्योऽहं सर्वदैवतैः । कृतार्थो ह्यद्य संजातस्तव दर्शनभाषणात्

Transliteration

tvatprasādena īśāna pūjyo'haṃ sarvadaivataiḥ | kṛtārtho hyadya saṃjātastava darśanabhāṣaṇāt

Translation

“تمہارے فضل سے، اے ایشان، میں سب دیوتاؤں کے لیے قابلِ پوجا ٹھہرا ہوں۔ آج تمہارے درشن اور تم سے گفتگو کے سبب میں یقیناً کِرتارتھ ہو گیا ہوں۔”

Word by Word

• tvat-prasādena: by your grace
• tvat-prasādena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'त्वत्-प्रसादेन' = 'त्वदीयेन प्रसादेन'; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• īśāna: O Īśāna
• īśāna: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• pūjyaḥ: worthy of worship
• pūjyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate to aham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) → pūjya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; यत्/ण्यम्-प्रत्यय, gerundive)
• Form: कृत्य (gerundive: 'to be worshipped'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sarva-daivataiḥ: by all the deities
• sarva-daivataiḥ: Karana (Agent in passive/Instrument) (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + daivata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय: 'सर्वैः दैवतैः'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• kṛtārthaḥ: fulfilled, successful
• kṛtārthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate to aham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √kṛ, क्त) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: 'कृतः अर्थः यस्य' (sense: fulfilled); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis/indeed)

• adya: today, now
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• saṃjātaḥ: has become, arisen
• saṃjātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate to aham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jan (धातु) → saṃjāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम् + √jan, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective

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

• darśana-bhāṣaṇāt: from (your) seeing and speaking
• darśana-bhāṣaṇāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: 'दर्शनं च भाषणं च'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्व एकवचन)

Speaker

Maṅgala (Aṅgāraka/Mars)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgaleśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maṅgala expresses gratitude, acknowledging that by Śiva’s grace he is honored by all gods; the moment is calm, with folded hands and a softened, fulfilled expression.

Characters & Entities

• Īśāna (Śiva)
• Maṅgala
• Sarvadaivata (all deities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual worth and honor arise from divine grace; darśana (holy vision) is portrayed as transformative and fulfilling.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger passage culminates in the Māṅgaleśvara context in Revā-khaṇḍa; this verse itself praises Śiva’s grace rather than naming the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on grace received through darśana and communion with Śiva.