Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

पञ्चत्वं च गताः सर्वे मुनिमुख्या नृपोत्तम । विप्रानाह्वापयामास ये तत्राश्रमवासिनः

Transliteration

pañcatvaṃ ca gatāḥ sarve munimukhyā nṛpottama | viprānāhvāpayāmāsa ye tatrāśramavāsinaḥ

Translation

Hỡi bậc quân vương tối thượng, khi tất cả đều đã trở về với ngũ đại, vị hiền triết đứng đầu liền triệu thỉnh các Bà-la-môn cư trú tại đạo tràng ấy.

Word by Word

• पञ्चत्वम्: death; the state of five elements
• पञ्चत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• गताः: went to; reached
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past active sense participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• मुनिमुख्याः: the chief sages
• मुनिमुख्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• नृपोत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• आह्वापयामास: summoned; called
• आह्वापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + ह्वा (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: 'caused to be called' = 'summoned')

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject of relative clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (locative adverb)

• आश्रमवासिनः: residents of the hermitage
• आश्रमवासिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing a king (nṛpottama) (contextual; exact frame-speaker not explicit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra āśrama context

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa/nṛpottama addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A foremost sage stands amid the hermitage, sending messengers or calling aloud; brāhmaṇas emerge from huts with waterpots and darbha, assembling for counsel and rites.

Characters & Entities

• Foremost sage (munimukhya)
• Brāhmaṇas of the āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is communal and consultative—elders and brāhmaṇas are approached for guidance during crisis and rites of passage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named here; the scene is set in an āśrama within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act of summoning brāhmaṇas for counsel, a customary step before undertaking dharmic rites.