Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततः सा कालपर्यायादष्टवर्षा व्यजायत । पूर्वोक्तं चैव तद्वाक्यमशरीरिण्युदीरितम्

Transliteration

tataḥ sā kālaparyāyādaṣṭavarṣā vyajāyata | pūrvoktaṃ caiva tadvākyamaśarīriṇyudīritam

Translation

Dann, als die Zeit verging, wuchs sie heran und wurde acht Jahre alt. Und jenes Wort, das zuvor von einer körperlosen Stimme gesprochen worden war, wurde abermals verkündet.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then) — Indeclinable; temporal adverb

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• काल-पर्यायात्: after the passage of time
• काल-पर्यायात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative (5th), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कालस्य पर्यायः)

• अष्ट-वर्षा: eight years old
• अष्ट-वर्षा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular; द्विगु-समास (अष्ट वर्षाणि यस्याः/या)

• व्यजायत: was born/grew up (came to be)
• व्यजायत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (भूतकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada

• पूर्व-उक्तम्: previously spoken
• पूर्व-उक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; कर्मधारय (पूर्वं उक्तम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and) — Indeclinable; conjunction

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (indeed/just) — Indeclinable; emphatic particle

• तत्-वाक्यम्: that statement
• तत्-वाक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य वाक्यम्)

• अशरीरिण्या: by the bodiless (voice)
• अशरीरिण्या: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशरीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular (used for the disembodied voice)

• उदीरितम्: was uttered
• उदीरितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-ईर् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past passive participle; Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rukmiṇī as an eight-year-old princess in a palace courtyard; above, an unseen divine presence indicated by radiance/ākāśa-vāṇī; attendants and the king react with awe.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine will ripens in time; a prophecy (vāk) is shown as authoritative and inevitable within dharmic history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred region), though this verse itself focuses on narrative prophecy rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it establishes the timing and reaffirmation of a divine pronouncement.