Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ऊर्ध्वं न तिर्यङ्नाधस्ताद्यदान्तस्तस्य दृश्यते । तमनन्तमनादिं च ततस्तास्तुष्टुवुः प्रभुम्

Transliteration

ūrdhvaṃ na tiryaṅnādhastādyadāntastasya dṛśyate | tamanantamanādiṃ ca tatastāstuṣṭuvuḥ prabhum

Translation

Als man keinerlei Grenze an Ihm erblickte—weder oben noch seitwärts noch unten—da priesen sie jenen Herrn, unendlich und ohne Anfang.

Word by Word

• ūrdhvam: upwards
• ūrdhvam: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘ऊर्ध्वम्’ = ऊपर की ओर

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• tiryak: sideways
• tiryak: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tiryak (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): तिर्यक् = तिर्यग्गतौ/sideways

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• adhastāt: downwards/below
• adhastāt: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhastāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): अधस्तात् = नीचे की ओर/below

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Temporal link/काल-संबन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal conjunction): यदा = when

• antaḥ: end/limit
• antaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘अन्तः’ (visarga form) = end/limit

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन, पुं/नपुं; = of him/of that

• dṛśyate: is seen/appears
• dṛśyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘is seen/appears’

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन, पुं; = him

• anantam: endless
• anantam: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• anādim: beginningless
• anādim: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction): and

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequential/अनन्तर्य)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ततः = then/thereupon

• tāḥ: they (the women)
• tāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; = they (f.)

• tuṣṭuvuḥ: praised
• tuṣṭuvuḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; = they praised

• prabhum: the Lord
• prabhum: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; = lord/master

Speaker

Narrative voice (introducing the Apsarases’ praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine presence without visible boundary; devotees looking upward, sideways, and downward in vain, then folding hands in unified praise before an ungraspable radiance.

Characters & Entities

• the Lord (Prabhu)
• ananta (infinite)
• anādi (beginningless)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

God’s reality transcends spatial limits; recognizing this leads naturally to praise and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is theological praise within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the response is stuti (praise) arising from realization.