Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

यदि उच्चैःश्रवाः श्वेतोऽहं दासी च तवैव तु । एवं परस्परं द्वाभ्यां संवादोऽयं व्यवर्धत

Transliteration

yadi uccaiḥśravāḥ śveto'haṃ dāsī ca tavaiva tu | evaṃ parasparaṃ dvābhyāṃ saṃvādo'yaṃ vyavardhata

Translation

„Wenn Uccaiḥśravā weiß ist, dann sollst du meine Magd sein.“ So wuchs zwischen den beiden dieser gegenseitige Streit und Wettpfand immer heftiger an.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• उच्चैःश्रवाः: Uccaiḥśravā
• उच्चैःश्रवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्चैःश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—उच्चैः + श्रवस् (बहुव्रीहि)

• श्वेतः: white
• श्वेतः: Pratijna/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दासी: maidservant
• दासी: Pratijna/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• तु: but/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय (reciprocal adverb)

• द्वाभ्याम्: by the two (of them)
• द्वाभ्याम्: Kartr-karana (Agent group/कर्तृ-समूह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन

• संवादः: the conversation
• संवादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• व्यवर्धत: increased / grew
• व्यवर्धत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (deduced; summary line of the episode)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The two parties finalize reciprocal terms: if the horse is white, Kadrū becomes Vinatā’s bondwoman; the quarrel swells—foreshadowing deceit and future epic consequences.

Characters & Entities

• Kadrū
• Vinatā
• Uccaiḥśravā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked contention hardens into binding vows; dharma urges caution before escalating disputes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is directly mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.