Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

वयं तु सर्वसम्पन्ना भक्तिग्राह्याः सदैव हि । इत्युक्ता सा तदा राज्ञी वेदवेदाङ्गपारगान्

Transliteration

vayaṃ tu sarvasampannā bhaktigrāhyāḥ sadaiva hi | ityuktā sā tadā rājñī vedavedāṅgapāragān

Translation

“Còn chúng ta thì đầy đủ mọi bề; quả thật, chúng ta luôn chỉ nên được tiếp nhận bằng lòng sùng kính.” Nghe vậy, hoàng hậu liền hướng về những bậc tinh thông Veda và Vedāṅga.

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse marker (contrast/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• सर्वसम्पन्नाः: fully endowed/prosperous
• सर्वसम्पन्नाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + सम्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘वयम्’)

• भक्तिग्राह्याः: to be accepted through devotion
• भक्तिग्राह्याः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + ग्राह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘वयम्’)

• सदैव: always
• सदैव: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Discourse marker (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative)

• उक्ता: having been told
• उक्ता: Predicate participle (describing ‘सा’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि: ‘having been told’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• राज्ञी: the queen
• राज्ञी: Apposition (to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सा’ इत्यस्य अपपद-विशेषणम्

• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगान्: those versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + वेदाङ्ग + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘ब्राह्मणान्’ इत्यर्थे (object of implied ‘आहूय/आह्वयत्’)

Speaker

Nārada (first sentence), then Mārkaṇḍeya narrating the action

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Revākhaṇḍa setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Queen

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, serene and self-possessed, indicates that he and his kind are already provided for and accept only devotion; the queen turns toward Veda- and Vedāṅga-knowing brāhmaṇas assembled nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Queen (Rājñī)
• Veda-vedāṅga-pāragas (learned brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest spiritual exchange is grounded in bhakti; material gifts are secondary, and charity should be directed where it truly serves.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s dharma-narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly: honor sages through devotion (bhakti) and redirect material dāna to appropriate recipients.