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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

कामहारैश्च वंशैश्च बद्धो हिन्दोलकः कृतः । आरूढाश्च महाकन्या गायन्ते सुस्वरं तदा

Transliteration

kāmahāraiśca vaṃśaiśca baddho hindolakaḥ kṛtaḥ | ārūḍhāśca mahākanyā gāyante susvaraṃ tadā

Translation

Eine Schaukel wurde gefertigt und mit Girlanden, die das Begehren erregen, sowie mit Bambusstangen festgebunden. Dann bestiegen die erhabenen Jungfrauen sie und sangen mit süßen, wohlgestimmten Stimmen.

Word by Word
कामहारैःwith garlands of kāma-flowers / love-garlands
कामहारैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकामहार (प्रातिपदिक; काम + हार)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/साधन), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
वंशैःwith bamboo poles
वंशैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवंश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
बद्धःbound / fastened
बद्धः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootबध् (धातु) → बद्ध (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; past passive participle ‘bound’
हिन्दोलकःa swing
हिन्दोलकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहिन्दोलक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
कृतःwas made / constructed
कृतः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; used predicatively = ‘was made’
आरूढाःhaving mounted (on it)
आरूढाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-रुह् (धातु) → आरूढ (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘having mounted’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
महाकन्याःthe great maidens / noble girls
महाकन्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहाकन्या (प्रातिपदिक; महा + कन्या)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural
गायन्तेthey sing
गायन्ते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगै (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; Present indicative 3rd pl. (Ā)
सुस्वरम्sweetly / melodiously
सुस्वरम्:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
TypeAdverb
Rootसुस्वर (प्रातिपदिक; सु + स्वर)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; used adverbially = ‘in a sweet tone’
तदाthen
तदा:
Kāla (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (king) implied by later address in the sequence

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a flowering forest-grove near a sacred riverbank, a swing (hindola) is strung between supports and adorned with garlands; noble maidens mount it and sing in perfectly tuned voices, creating a festive, sensuous atmosphere.

FAQs

Sensory charm—music, ornament, and play—can become a net for the mind; the text hints at vigilance and self-mastery.

Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā region), where the Purāṇa stages moral instruction through vivid scenes.

None in this verse.

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