Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

मातापितृसुहृद्वर्गे क्रीडानन्दविवर्धिनी । एकस्मिन्दिवसे बाला सखीवृन्दसमन्विता

Transliteration

mātāpitṛsuhṛdvarge krīḍānandavivardhinī | ekasmindivase bālā sakhīvṛndasamanvitā

Translation

Von Mutter, Vater und dem Kreis der Wohlgesinnten geliebt und stets die Freude des spielerischen Vergnügens mehrend, zog das junge Mädchen eines Tages aus, begleitet von einer Schar von Sakhīs.

Word by Word

• मातापितृसुहृद्वर्गे: in the group of mother, father, and friends
• मातापितृसुहृद्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ-पितृ-सुहृद्-वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः—माता च पिता च सुहृदश्च (in the circle of mother, father, and friends)

• क्रीडानन्दविवर्धिनी: enhancing the joy of play
• क्रीडानन्दविवर्धिनी: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रीडा-आनन्द-विवर्धिनी (प्रातिपदिक; विवर्धिनी = वि-√वृध् (धातु) णिनि-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—क्रीडायाः आनन्दं विवर्धयति इति (increasing the joy of play)

• एकस्मिन्: on one
• एकस्मिन्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (in one)

• दिवसे: day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• बाला: the girl
• बाला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सखीवृन्दसमन्विता: accompanied by a group of friends
• सखीवृन्दसमन्विता: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सखी-वृन्द-समन्विता (प्रातिपदिक; समन्विता = सम्-अनु-√इ (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—सखीनां वृन्देन समन्विता (accompanied by a group of friends)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cheerful maiden, loved by her family, walks out on a bright day with a cluster of friends—light garments, playful gestures—suggesting an impending visit to a shrine and nearby water-body.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It sets a moral frame: worldly joy and social comfort can be sudden and fragile, preparing the listener for a dharmic lesson through ensuing events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is the Revā (Narmadā) sacred region described in the Revā Khaṇḍa, though this verse itself is introductory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative setup.