Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

मुनीनां वचनं श्रुत्वा मुदा परमया ययौ । ततोऽवगाह्य तत्तीर्थमहर्निशमतन्द्रिता

Transliteration

munīnāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā mudā paramayā yayau | tato'vagāhya tattīrthamaharniśamatandritā

Translation

Als sie die Worte der Munis vernommen hatte, ging sie voll höchster Freude davon. Dann tauchte sie in jene heilige Furt ein und verweilte dort Tag und Nacht, unermüdet.

Word by Word

• munīnām: of sages
• munīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — 'of the sages'

• vacanam: speech, words
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'speech/word'

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive) — 'having heard'

• mudā: with joy
• mudā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — 'with joy'

• paramayā: supreme, very great
• paramayā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paramā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — 'with the highest (joy)' (mudā-विशेषण)

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'went'

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Deśa/Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb) — 'then/from there'

• avagāhya: having immersed/bathed
• avagāhya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + √gāh (गाह् धातु) + य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive) — 'having bathed/immersed'

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'that' (tīrtham-विशेषण)

• tīrtham: holy place, tīrtha
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'holy ford/pilgrimage place'

• aharniśam: day and night
• aharniśam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ahar + niśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (अहः+निशा), अव्ययीभाववत् अव्ययप्रयोग — 'day and night, continuously'

• atandritā: untiring, unwearied
• atandritā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- + tandrita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'unwearied/untiring'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: O king (implied by later vocative nṛpaḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted woman, radiant with joy, steps into a sacred ford at dawn; sages stand nearby; she immerses and then remains on the riverbank through day and night in steady vow-observance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith in saintly counsel and tireless dedication to tīrtha-practice are portrayed as the path to spiritual transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa is referenced as ‘that tīrtha’ (tattīrtha), continuing the prior context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avegāha/snana (immersion) in the tīrtha and sustained observance (day-and-night steadfastness).