Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

प्राप्तौ बहु सुवर्णं च रत्नानि विविधानि च । नावं तां संगतां कृत्वा पश्चात्तावारुरोहतुः

Transliteration

prāptau bahu suvarṇaṃ ca ratnāni vividhāni ca | nāvaṃ tāṃ saṃgatāṃ kṛtvā paścāttāvārurohatuḥ

Translation

Sie erlangten viel Gold und mancherlei Edelsteine. Dann machten sie das Schiff bereit und rüsteten es aus, und beide bestiegen es erneut zur Rückfahrt.

Word by Word

• प्राप्तौ: having obtained, having acquired
• प्राप्तौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; तौ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• बहु: much
• बहु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सुवर्णम् विशेषयति

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• रत्नानि: gems
• रत्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; रत्नानि विशेषयति

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• नावम्: boat, ship
• नावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नावम् विशेषयति

• संगताम्: made ready, assembled, fitted out
• संगताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नावम् विशेषयति (well-prepared/assembled)

• कृत्वा: having done, having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/देशवाचक अव्यय (afterwards/behind)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन

• आरुरोहातुः: they two boarded, climbed
• आरुरोहातुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), द्विवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) frame (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Merchants displaying heaps of gold and assorted jewels, then supervising the ship’s refitting; a sense of weighty treasure and the sea awaiting their return.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sudden wealth is depicted as a turning point that tests trust and restraint; it often becomes the seed of adharma when desire swells.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is narrative and does not directly praise a named tīrtha, though it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.