Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

क्रन्दते न चलति स्पन्दते न च पश्यति । जल्पन्ति करुणं केचित्स्तुवन्ति च तथापरे

Transliteration

krandate na calati spandate na ca paśyati | jalpanti karuṇaṃ kecitstuvanti ca tathāpare

Translation

Er weinte nicht, bewegte sich nicht, regte sich nicht und blickte nicht. Einige sprachen voller Mitgefühl, andere wiederum sangen Lobpreisungen.

Word by Word

• क्रन्दते: he cries
• क्रन्दते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रन्द् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• चलति: moves
• चलति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्पन्दते: trembles/stirs
• स्पन्दते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पन्द् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

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

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• जल्पन्ति: they speak/mutter
• जल्पन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जल्प् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• करुणम्: pitifully/compassionately
• करुणम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: करुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (japanti—how?)

• केचित्: some (people)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (‘some’)

• स्तुवन्ति: they praise
• स्तुवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

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

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/so')

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘others’

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced; narration to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā region (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The motionless figure remains unblinking; around him, one group pleads with compassionate words, another sings hymns with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True absorption can appear as stillness; the community responds through compassion and stotra (praise).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to Revā Khaṇḍa’s Muṇḍinā-Śiva context, a Śaiva sacred place connected with merit and purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, praising the Lord (stuti) is shown as a devotional response; no formal rite is detailed.