Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

निधाय च तदा लीनास्तत्रैवाश्रममण्डले । तेषु लीनेष्वथो शीघ्रं ततस्तद्रक्षिणां बलम्

Transliteration

nidhāya ca tadā līnāstatraivāśramamaṇḍale | teṣu līneṣvatho śīghraṃ tatastadrakṣiṇāṃ balam

Translation

Nachdem sie es niedergelegt hatten, verbargen sie sich sogleich dort, innerhalb des Bezirks des Āśrama. Und als sie sich verborgen hatten, traf bald darauf eilends die Macht der Wächter ein.

Word by Word

• निधाय: having placed/put down
• निधाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action), धातु: धा, उपसर्ग: नि

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kālādhi karaṇa (time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• लीनाः: (they) having hidden/merged; concealed
• लीनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लीन (कृदन्त; √ली)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; धातु: ली (to cling/merge)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• आश्रममण्डले: in the hermitage-enclosure
• आश्रममण्डले: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आश्रमस्य मण्डलम्)

• तेषु: among them/in them
• तेषु: Adhikaraṇa (location/among them)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• लीनेषु: (when they were) hidden
• लीनेषु: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लीन (कृदन्त; √ली)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘तेषु’)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक निपात (then/now particle)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन-प्रथमा/द्वितीया (adverbial accusative)

• ततः: thereupon/from there
• ततः: Apādāna/Krama (source/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (from there/thereupon)

• तद्: that
• तद्: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘बलम्’)

• रक्षिणाम्: of the guards/protectors
• रक्षिणाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• बलम्: the force/troop
• बलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive: Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-region (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages / or a royal interlocutor (the verse addresses 'O King' in nearby context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the edge of a forest hermitage precinct, thieves conceal a deposited object/loot and hide among trees and huts; dust rises as armed guards rush in from a distance.

Characters & Entities

• āśrama-maṇḍala
• rakṣiṇaḥ (guards)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When wrongdoing is done near sacred spaces, consequences follow quickly; dharma’s guardianship manifests through worldly agents too.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-region remains the sanctifying frame; the verse emphasizes the protected sanctum of an āśrama within that holy zone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.