Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

योजनानां शतं साग्रं निराहारो गतोदकः । प्रस्थितो देवदेवेन स्वप्नान्ते वारितः किल

Transliteration

yojanānāṃ śataṃ sāgraṃ nirāhāro gatodakaḥ | prasthito devadevena svapnānte vāritaḥ kila

Translation

انطلق مسيرة مئة يوجانا وزيادة، بلا طعام وقد نفد ماؤه؛ غير أنّه يُروى أنّ إله الآلهة كفَّه في ختام رؤيا، وصرفه إلى الوجهة الحقّة.

Word by Word

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas (leagues)
• योजनानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक

• साग्रम्: with an excess (more than)
• साग्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (शतम्) अर्थः ‘अधिकं/सहितम्’

• निराहारः: without food
• निराहारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषण (सः)

• गत-उदकः: having given up water (waterless)
• गत-उदकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (गम् धातु; कृदन्त) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘गतं उदकं यस्य’ = जल-त्यागी/जलवर्जितः

• प्रस्थितः: having set out
• प्रस्थितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भावे ‘प्रस्थितः’ = ‘departed’

• देवदेवेन: by the God of gods
• देवदेवेन: Karana/Agent (Instrument/कर्ता-निर्देशक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देशः (agent in passive sense)

• स्वप्नान्ते: at the end of a dream
• स्वप्नान्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘स्वप्नस्य अन्ते’

• वारितः: was stopped/forbidden
• वारितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारि (वृ/वार् धातु ‘to restrain/forbid’; कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘was restrained/forbidden’

• किल: indeed/it is said
• किल: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — प्रसिद्ध्यर्थ/श्रुत्यर्थ

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha network (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone pilgrim traverses a vast landscape, emaciated yet steadfast, water-skin empty; at night he sleeps under a tree and a luminous divine presence appears in a dream-cloud, gesturing ‘stop/return’.

Characters & Entities

• Deva-deva (Lord of gods—contextually Śiva or a supreme deity)
• tapas (fasting)
• yātrā (journey)
• Revā region (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere austerity in pilgrimage draws divine guidance; the deity protects and directs the devotee, even through dreams.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Revā Khaṇḍa Sun-related narrative; the exact tīrtha is part of the unfolding account rather than named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nirāhāra (fasting) and enduring hardship during yātrā are depicted as ascetic observances; divine dream-communication is presented as a sign of grace.