Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एवं स वर्धितस्तत्र कुमारो निजचेतसि । चिन्तयामास विश्रब्धः किं मम ग्रहगोचरम्

Transliteration

evaṃ sa vardhitastatra kumāro nijacetasi | cintayāmāsa viśrabdhaḥ kiṃ mama grahagocaram

Translation

So dort aufgezogen, begann der Knabe, ruhig in seinem Innern, vertrauensvoll zu sinnen: „Was lenkt mein Geschick — welcher Einfluss der Grahas (Planeten) ist über mich gekommen?“

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner adverb): ‘thus’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vardhitaḥ: grown/raised
• vardhitaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vardhita (कृदन्त, √vṛdh धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘grown/raised’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb): ‘there’

• kumāraḥ: the boy/prince
• kumāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nija-cetasi: in (his) own mind
• nija-cetasi: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; ‘निजं चेतः’ (in his own mind)

• cintayāmāsa: thought, reflected
• cintayāmāsa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cint (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• viśrabdhaḥ: confident, unafraid
• viśrabdhaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśrabdha (कृदन्त, √śrambh/śrabh धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘confident/at ease’

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object of thought/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• graha-gocaram: planetary influence/sphere
• graha-gocaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक) + gocara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘ग्रहाणां गोचरम्’ (sphere/operation of planets)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young boy seated under a sacred tree near a river, eyes lowered in contemplation, pondering destiny and planetary influence; the world is quiet around him.

Characters & Entities

• kumāra
• graha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-inquiry into suffering opens the path to wisdom; Purāṇas acknowledge graha-influence while ultimately pointing toward tapas and dharma as higher remedies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse; it remains within the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse introduces the theme of grahas that later supports devotional or ascetic responses.