Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

नरके तेऽन्धतामिस्रे प्रपच्यन्ते नराधमाः । शतसाहस्रिकं कालमुषित्वा तत्र ते नराः

Transliteration

narake te'ndhatāmisre prapacyante narādhamāḥ | śatasāhasrikaṃ kālamuṣitvā tatra te narāḥ

Translation

In der Hölle namens Andhatāmisra werden jene niederträchtigen Männer gekocht. Nachdem sie dort hunderttausend Jahre verweilt haben, schreiten sie gemäß ihrem Karma weiter.

Word by Word

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अन्धतामिस्रे: in Andhatāmisra (a hell)
• अन्धतामिस्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्ध + तामिस्र (प्रातिपदिक); अन्ध-तामिस्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (विशेषण-विशेष्य: 'dark' + 'Tāmisra')

• प्रपच्यन्ते: are cooked/tormented
• प्रपच्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्ग-युक्त

• नराधमाः: the lowest of men
• नराधमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधम (प्रातिपदिक); नर-अधम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'men' + 'lowest')

• शतसाहस्रिकम्: for a hundred-thousand (units)
• शतसाहस्रिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत + साहस्रिक (प्रातिपदिक); शत-साहस्रिक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कालम् इति विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'hundred' + 'thousandfold/pertaining to thousand')

• कालम्: time/period
• कालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उषित्वा: having dwelt
• उषित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु) + क्त्वा (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having dwelt)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purana narrative style within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-mahātmya context

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhatāmisra: a pitch-dark infernal realm where sinners are 'cooked'—tormented by heat and confinement—watched by Yama’s attendants; a caption-like sense of immense time passing.

Characters & Entities

• Andhatāmisra (Naraka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grave wrongdoing can mature into prolonged suffering; dharma is not merely social order but cosmic law.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the verse continues the Naraka section within the Revā Khaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it emphasizes the severity and duration of karmic retribution.