Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

दिने दिने तथाप्येवमाश्रमेषु द्विजातयः । मत्स्यानां सञ्चयं दृष्ट्वा विस्मिताश्चाभवंस्तदा

Transliteration

dine dine tathāpyevamāśrameṣu dvijātayaḥ | matsyānāṃ sañcayaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitāścābhavaṃstadā

Translation

Tag für Tag, dennoch, gerieten die Zweimalgeborenen in den Āśramas, als sie die Ansammlung der Fische sahen, in großes Erstaunen.

Word by Word

• दिने: day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘on a day’ (in distributive repetition)

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति = ‘day by day’

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘thus/so’

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) ‘also/even’

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner adverb) ‘in this way’

• आश्रमेषु: in the hermitages
• आश्रमेषु: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘in hermitages’

• द्विजातयः: the twice-born
• द्विजातयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष: द्विः जातिः/द्विजः जातिः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘twice-born (Brahmins etc.)’

• मत्स्यानाम्: of fishes
• मत्स्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘of fishes’

• सञ्चयम्: collection; accumulation
• सञ्चयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सञ्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘collection/accumulation’

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund) ‘having seen’

• विस्मिताः: astonished
• विस्मिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मित (प्रातिपदिक; विस्मि धातु से क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of द्विजातयः) ‘astonished’

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

• अभवन्: they became
• अभवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘they became/were’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time circumstance/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then/at that time)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (āśrama-samūha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implicit from prior address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage-like scene: day after day, hermitages observe growing fish accumulation in nearby waters; groups of twice-born stand at different banks, exchanging astonished glances amid tranquil routine.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijātis (twice-born)
• Āśramas
• Matsya (fish)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is protected, provision can arise repeatedly; wonder becomes a doorway to deeper reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā-side āśramas within Revākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it narrates an ongoing marvel reinforcing the tīrtha’s greatness.