Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तानि यानानि सर्वाणि गृहीतानि परे तटे । दूतवाक्येन सा राज्ञी विषण्णा कामपीडिता

Transliteration

tāni yānāni sarvāṇi gṛhītāni pare taṭe | dūtavākyena sā rājñī viṣaṇṇā kāmapīḍitā

Translation

All jene Boote waren ans andere Ufer gebracht worden. Als die Königin die Worte des Boten hörte, sank sie niedergeschlagen zusammen, von Verlangen gequält.

Word by Word

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta (Subject of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यानानि: vehicles/boats
• यानानि: Karta (Subject of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); बहुवचन

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); बहुवचन; विशेषण

• गृहीतानि: were seized/taken
• गृहीतानि: Kriyā (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gṛhīta (कृदन्त; grah धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• परे: on the other
• परे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative); एकवचन (taṭe इत्यस्य विशेषण)

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative); एकवचन

• दूतवाक्येन: by the messenger's words
• दूतवाक्येन: Karaṇa (Cause/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta-vākya (प्रातिपदिक; dūta + vākya)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/instrumental); एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (दूतस्य वाक्यम्)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• राज्ञी: the queen
• राज्ञी: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājñī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन

• विषण्णा: dejected
• विषण्णा: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣaṇṇa (कृदन्त; sad धातु, न्न/क्तवत्-भाव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; भाववाचक/स्थितिवाचक कृदन्त

• कामपीडिता: afflicted by love
• कामपीडिता: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma-pīḍita (कृदन्त; kāma + pīḍita, pīḍ धातु क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कामेन पीडिता)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) ghāṭa/crossing (implicit)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The queen hears that all boats are on the far shore; she slumps in sorrow, love-stricken. The empty near-bank contrasts with the distant cluster of boats across the water.

Characters & Entities

• Queen
• Dūta (messenger)
• Kāma (desire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner agitation grows when outer means are blocked; the verse sets up the ethical and emotional turning point.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The river-crossing imagery belongs to the Revā-khaṇḍa milieu, but no named tīrtha is directly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.