Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32
Devanagari script
चरन्वै गगनाद्येन पातितो धरणीतले । सौरिणा ह्येवमुक्तस्तु पिप्पलादो महामुनिः
Transliteration
caranvai gaganādyena pātito dharaṇītale | sauriṇā hyevamuktastu pippalādo mahāmuniḥ
Translation
وبينما كان يسير في السماء أُسقِط إلى الأرض بتلك القدرة. فلما خاطبه ساوري (شَني) على هذا النحو، أجابه المُنيُّ العظيم پِپْپَلاَدَ.
Word by Word
caranmoving, roaming
caran:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Concurrent action/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootcar (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘moving’
vaiindeed
vai:
Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
gaganātfrom the sky
gaganāt:
Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootgagana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन
yenaby whom
yena:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
pātitaḥmade to fall, felled
pātitaḥ:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpātita (कृदन्त, √pat धातु, णिच् causative)
Formक्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘caused to fall/struck down’
dharaṇī-taleon the earth’s surface
dharaṇī-tale:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdharaṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘धरण्याः तलम्’ (on the surface of the earth)
sauriṇāby Sauri (Saturn)
sauriṇā:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaurin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘Saturn (son of Sūrya)’
hiindeed, for
hi:
Hetu/Avadhāraṇa (Reason/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (causal/emphatic particle): ‘indeed/for’
evamthus
evam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (manner adverb): ‘thus’
uktaḥaddressed, spoken to
uktaḥ:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootukta (कृदन्त, √vac धातु)
Formक्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been spoken to/addressed’
tubut, then
tu:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वय निपात (particle): ‘but/indeed’
pippalādaḥPippalāda
pippalādaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpippalāda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (नाम)
mahā-muniḥthe great sage
mahā-muniḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘महान् मुनिः’
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa context)
Characters & Entities
S
Sauri (Śani)P
PippalādaFAQs
Purāṇic dialogue emphasizes moral causality: when power meets righteousness, a reckoning occurs and truth is spoken.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative linkage.
None.