Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तेन निर्दग्धकायेन चाराध्य परमेश्वरम् । अनङ्गेन तथा प्राप्तमङ्गित्वं नर्मदातटे

Transliteration

tena nirdagdhakāyena cārādhya parameśvaram | anaṅgena tathā prāptamaṅgitvaṃ narmadātaṭe

Translation

Daraufhin, obgleich sein Leib verbrannt war, verehrte Anaṅga den höchsten Herrn in rechter Weise; und so erlangte er am Ufer der Narmadā wieder leibliche Gestalt.

Word by Word

• तेन: by him; with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• निर्दग्धकायेन: with (his) burnt body
• निर्दग्धकायेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्दग्ध-काय (प्रातिपदिक; निर्दग्ध + काय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; परम + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अनङ्गेन: by Ananga (Kāma)
• अनङ्गेन: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कामस्य नाम

• तथा: thus; in that way
• तथा: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्राप्तम्: was obtained; came about
• प्राप्तम्: Kriya (Result/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र 'प्राप्तम् (अभवत्)' इति भावः

• अङ्गित्वम्: embodiment; having a body (bodily state)
• अङ्गित्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गि-त्व (प्रातिपदिक; अङ्गिन् + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धितान्त

• नर्मदातटे: on the bank of the Narmadā
• नर्मदातटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा-तट (प्रातिपदिक; नर्मदा + तट)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (narrative exposition of Kāma’s restoration connected to the Narmadā tīrtha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kusumeśvara (Narmadā-taṭa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ananga (Kāma), previously bodiless, performs intense worship before Śiva at the Narmadā bank; a radiant Śiva grants him a renewed body, with the river shimmering as witness.

Characters & Entities

• Anaṅga (Kāma)
• Parameśvara (Śiva)
• Narmadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace can reverse even seemingly irreversible loss; sincere worship at a holy place restores wholeness and dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bank of the Narmadā (Narmadā-taṭa) within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred map.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhanā (devotional worship) of Parameśvara is the stated means for attaining the boon.