Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सह पुत्रैश्च दारैश्च त्यक्त्वाश्रमपदानि च । कालक्षेपो न कर्तव्यः प्रलयोऽयमुपस्थितः

Transliteration

saha putraiśca dāraiśca tyaktvāśramapadāni ca | kālakṣepo na kartavyaḥ pralayo'yamupasthitaḥ

Translation

পুত্ৰ আৰু দাৰাসহ, আশ্ৰম-স্থান আৰু জীৱনাশ্ৰমৰ পদসমূহো ত্যাগ কৰি—সময় নষ্ট নকৰিবা। এই প্ৰলয় ওচৰতে উপস্থিত।

Word by Word

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: with)

• पुत्रैः: with sons
• पुत्रैः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masc. inst. pl.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दारैः: with wives
• दारैः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masc. inst. pl.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having abandoned)

• आश्रम-पदानि: the hermitage-places
• आश्रम-पदानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (neut. acc. pl.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• काल-क्षेपः: wasting of time, delay
• काल-क्षेपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• कर्तव्यः: to be done, should be done
• कर्तव्यः: Vidhi (Injunctive predicate/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कर्तव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (तव्यत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (to be done)

• प्रलयः: dissolution, catastrophe
• प्रलयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• उपस्थितः: has arrived, is present
• उपस्थितः: Kriya (Predicative state/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + स्था (धातु) → उपस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (masc. nom. sg.)

Speaker

Revā Devī (Narmadā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā refuge-tirtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages with families hastily depart their hermitages, carrying minimal belongings; the sky hints at ominous change; ahead lies the luminous river-tirtha refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Pralaya (dissolution)
• Āśrama (life-station/abode)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When ultimate danger approaches, one should prioritize spiritual refuge over worldly arrangements and delay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā refuge-space implied by the goddess’s call to come to her.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is stated; the instruction is immediate renunciation of delay and movement toward divine refuge.