Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

क्षणमात्रान्तरे तत्र देवराजस्य भारत । आजगाम मुनिश्रेष्ठो मन्दिरं त्वरयान्वितः

Transliteration

kṣaṇamātrāntare tatra devarājasya bhārata | ājagāma muniśreṣṭho mandiraṃ tvarayānvitaḥ

Translation

ولكن في ذلك الموضع بعينه، وفي لحظة يسيرة، يا بهاراتا، عاد خيرُ الحكماء مسرعًا إلى مسكن ملك الآلهة.

Word by Word

• kṣaṇa-mātra-antare: within a moment/after a moment
• kṣaṇa-mātra-antare: Adhikaraṇa (Time-location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (kṣaṇasya mātram; tasya antare) = 'within a moment'

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• deva-rājasya: of the king of gods (Indra)
• deva-rājasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (devānāṃ rājā)

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन

• ājagāma: came/arrived
• ājagāma: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• muni-śreṣṭhaḥ: the best of sages
• muni-śreṣṭhaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (munīnām śreṣṭhaḥ)

• mandiram: to the house/temple
• mandiram: Karma (Goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म/गत्यर्थकर्म), एकवचन

• tvarayā: with haste
• tvarayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• anvitaḥ: endowed/attended (by)
• anvitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (muniśreṣṭhaḥ)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing ‘Bhārata’ as listener; Purāṇic storyteller voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) region (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: “Bhārata” (interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama, the foremost sage, rushes back toward the dwelling; dust rises from his steps; the atmosphere tightens as discovery nears.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Devarāja (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma is short-lived; events turn swiftly, and hidden wrongdoing is brought to light.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.