Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

नारदो देवलो रैभ्यो यमः शातातपोऽङ्गिराः । वसिष्ठो जमदग्निश्च याज्ञवल्क्यो बृहस्पतिः

Transliteration

nārado devalo raibhyo yamaḥ śātātapo'ṅgirāḥ | vasiṣṭho jamadagniśca yājñavalkyo bṛhaspatiḥ

Translation

那罗陀、提婆罗、赖毗耶、阎摩、沙塔塔波、安吉罗；以及婆悉吒、阇摩达格尼、雅若那伐迦、布里哈斯帕提——

Word by Word

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देवलः: Devala
• देवलः: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रैभ्यः: Raibhya
• रैभ्यः: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raibhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शातातपः: Śātātapa
• शातातपः: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śātātapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अङ्गिराः: Aṅgiras
• अङ्गिराः: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (ऋषिनाम-विशेषरूपः; अङ्गिराः इति प्रथमा एकवचन-रूपम्)

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जमदग्निः: Jamadagni
• जमदग्निः: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jamadagni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम्

• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Yājñavalkya
• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yājñavalkya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta (Listed subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bṛhaspati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nārāyaṇa-sannidhi (generic)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand semicircle of sages—Nārada with vīṇā, Vasiṣṭha with kamaṇḍalu, Yājñavalkya with staff, Bṛhaspati radiant—standing before Nārāyaṇa; Yama present as dignified dharma-lord.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Devala
• Raibhya
• Yama
• Śātātapa
• Aṅgiras
• Vasiṣṭha
• Jamadagni
• Yājñavalkya
• Bṛhaspati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is safeguarded by a lineage of seers and teachers; collective wisdom is invoked when injustice occurs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; this is a roll-call of sages within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.