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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा त्वां सीदमानं तु रुद्रेणाहं विसर्जिता । तं द्विजं तारयस्वार्ये मा प्राणांस्त्यजतां जले

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ sīdamānaṃ tu rudreṇāhaṃ visarjitā | taṃ dvijaṃ tārayasvārye mā prāṇāṃstyajatāṃ jale

Translation

Als ich sah, wie du versankst, wurde ich von Rudra entsandt. O edle Dame, rette jenen Brahmanen—lass ihn nicht in den Wassern sein Leben lassen.

Word by Word
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
सीदमानम्sinking, in distress
सीदमानम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (of त्वाम्)
TypeAdjective
Root√सद् (धातु) + शतृ (वर्तमान-कृदन्त) → सीदमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle, आत्मनेपद-प्राय), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘sinking/distressed’
तुbut, indeed
तु:
Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वय-बोधक
रुद्रेणby Rudra
रुद्रेण:
Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (logical subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
विसर्जिताwas dispatched
विसर्जिता:
Kriyā (Predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + √सृज् (धातु) + क्त → विसर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘sent/let go’ (passive)
तम्that
तम्:
Karman
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग
द्विजम्the brahmin
द्विजम्:
Karman
TypeNoun
Rootद्वि-ज (प्रातिपदिक; components: द्वि + ज)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘द्विर्जात’ इत्यर्थे
तारयस्वsave, deliver
तारयस्व:
Kriyā (Command)
TypeVerb
Root√तॄ (धातु, ‘तारय’ causative stem)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) भावः
आर्येO noble lady
आर्ये:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootआर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
माdo not
मा:
Pratiṣedha (Prohibition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक निपात (prohibitive particle)
प्राणान्life-breaths, life
प्राणान्:
Karman
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन
त्यजताम्let (him/them) give up
त्यजताम्:
Kriyā (Command)
TypeVerb
Root√त्यज् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), तृतीयपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘let (him/them) abandon’
जलेin water
जले:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootजल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: a divine messenger/being speaking within the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The addressed ‘ārye’ (noble lady) within the story-world; functionally the human/agent who can effect rescue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine messenger (Gaurī/Narmadā) speaks urgently: ‘I was sent by Rudra; save the brāhmaṇa sinking in the water.’ The scene is tense—churning water, imminent danger, compassionate command.

Characters & Entities
R
Rudra (Śiva)
D
Dvija (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

Śaiva grace acts through compassionate intervention; protecting life—especially of the dharmic—aligns one with Rudra’s will.

The Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape of the Revā-khaṇḍa in the Āvantya-khaṇḍa is the implied tīrtha setting.

No explicit rite is prescribed; the implied dharma is immediate rescue and protection of a person in peril.

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