Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

अथ नारायणो धैर्यं संधायोदीर्णमानसः । ऊरोरुत्पादयामास वराङ्गीमबलां तदा

Transliteration

atha nārāyaṇo dhairyaṃ saṃdhāyodīrṇamānasaḥ | ūrorutpādayāmāsa varāṅgīmabalāṃ tadā

Translation

Daraufhin fasste Nārāyaṇa seinen Mut zusammen und erhob den Geist zur Entschlossenheit; da ließ er aus seinem Schenkel eine schöngegliederte Frau hervorgehen.

Word by Word

• अथ: then/thereupon
• अथ: Adhikarana (Context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरबोधक/sequence marker)

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• धैर्यम्: steadfastness/courage
• धैर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धैर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• संधाय: having composed/assumed
• संधाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-प्राय/gerund); 'having composed/collected/assumed'

• उदीर्णमानसः: with uplifted/roused mind
• उदीर्णमानसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदीर्ण (कृदन्त, उद्-ईर् धातु) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; 'उदीर्णं मानसं यस्य' (elevated/roused mind)

• ऊरोः: from (his) thigh
• ऊरोः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन; (ablative singular ऊरोः also possible in form; here intended 'from the thigh')

• उत्पादयामास: he produced/created
• उत्पादयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√पद्/उत्पादय् (धातु, causative of √पद्/√पाद्)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative)

• वराङ्गीम्: a beautiful-limbed woman
• वराङ्गीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अबलाम्: a maiden/young woman
• अबलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārāyaṇa gathers dhairya, his mind rising into firm resolve; from his thigh he manifests a radiant, exquisitely formed woman, appearing suddenly like a living jewel, halting the momentum of Kāma and Vasanta.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine is not overpowered by temptation; instead, it demonstrates mastery over mind and manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the setting belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s larger sacred-historical narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative event illustrating divine power and composure.