Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ध्यात्वा ततोऽहं सलिलं ततार तस्य प्रसादादविमूढचेताः । ग्लानिः श्रमश्चैव मम प्रणष्टौ देव्याः प्रसादेन नरेन्द्रपुत्र

Transliteration

dhyātvā tato'haṃ salilaṃ tatāra tasya prasādādavimūḍhacetāḥ | glāniḥ śramaścaiva mama praṇaṣṭau devyāḥ prasādena narendraputra

Translation

Nachdem ich so meditiert hatte, überquerte ich die Gewässer, mein Geist durch Seine Gnade nicht mehr verwirrt. Meine Müdigkeit und Erschöpfung verschwanden durch die Gunst der Göttin, o Königssohn.

Word by Word

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated
• ध्यात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (common), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• ततार: crossed
• ततार: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of him/that (one)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: from (his) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apādāna (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• अविमूढचेताः: (I,) with an unconfused mind
• अविमूढचेताः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-वि-मूढ (उपसर्ग-निषेधपूर्वक कृदन्त) + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसदृश-विशेषणार्थे कर्मधारयः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; ‘चेताः’ = चेतस्-शब्दस्य प्रथमा एकवचन (irregular stem)

• ग्लानिः: weariness
• ग्लानिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्लानि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• श्रमः: fatigue
• श्रमः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• प्रणष्टौ: when (they) had vanished; in (their) disappearance
• प्रणष्टौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/State)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-नश् (धातु) → प्रणष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘प्रणष्ट’ (lost/vanished) से भावे/अवस्थायाम्; सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (locative)

• देव्याः: of the Goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• प्रसादेन: by (her) grace
• प्रसादेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• नरेन्द्रपुत्र: O son of the king
• नरेन्द्रपुत्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नरेन्द्रस्य पुत्रः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king/prince (nareन्द्रपुत्र / nṛpasattama addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A weary ascetic/traveler pauses at a broad sacred river, closes his eyes in meditation; a subtle divine aura (Devī’s grace) surrounds him; he then crosses the waters with calm focus, fatigue dissolving.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Devī (the Goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditation joined with divine grace removes delusion and fatigue; deliverance is portrayed as both inner clarity and outward passage through danger.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting associated with the Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna (meditation) is the explicit practice; the result is described as protection and renewed strength through prasāda (grace).