Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

सदेवासुरगन्धर्वं सपन्नगमहोरगम् । पश्याम्येषा महाभागा नैव याता क्षयं पुरा

Transliteration

sadevāsuragandharvaṃ sapannagamahoragam | paśyāmyeṣā mahābhāgā naiva yātā kṣayaṃ purā

Translation

我观见此世间：诸天、阿修罗与乾闼婆同在，又有群蛇与大那伽；这位最具福德的神圣威力，往昔从未趋于毁灭。

Word by Word

• स-देव-असुर-गन्धर्वम्: together with gods, asuras, and gandharvas
• स-देव-असुर-गन्धर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; उपपद-समासः ‘स’ (सहित/with) इत्यर्थे—‘देवासुरगन्धर्वैः सहितम्’

• स-पन्नग-महोरगम्: together with serpents and great snakes
• स-पन्नग-महोरगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक) + महोरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘स’ (सहित/with) उपपद-समासः—‘पन्नगैः महोरगैः च सहितम्’

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• एषा: this (woman/one)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• महाभागा: very fortunate, illustrious
• महाभागा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘महा’ + ‘भाग’ (great + fortune)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• याता: gone, reached
• याता: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘गता’ इत्यर्थे

• क्षयम्: destruction, end
• क्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

First-person narrator (a ṛṣi/purāṇic speaker addressing a king; exact identity not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpottama) and addressed dvija audience in adjacent verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seer beholds the entire cosmos populated by devas, asuras, gandharvas, serpents and great nāgas, while an auspicious, imperishable divine power is implied as the sustaining presence behind the vision.

Characters & Entities

• devas
• asuras
• gandharvas
• pannagas
• mahā-uragas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine principle behind the tīrtha is enduring; sacred power sustains and outlasts worldly cycles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā by implication—her auspiciousness is described as not subject to destruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the focus is on the vision of the cosmos and the imperishability of sacred power.