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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तां दृष्ट्वा देवदैत्येन्द्रा मोहिता लभते कथम् । मृगयन्ति स्म तां कन्यामितश्चेतश्च भारत

Transliteration

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā devadaityendrā mohitā labhate katham | mṛgayanti sma tāṃ kanyāmitaścetaśca bhārata

Translation

Al verla, los señores de los dioses y de los daityas quedaron hechizados, pensando: «¿Cómo podrá obtenerse?» Oh Bhārata, buscaron a la doncella, indagando aquí y allá.

Word by Word
ताम्her
ताम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive)
देवgods
देव:
Visheshya (विशेष्य/Member)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग
दैत्यdaityas
दैत्य:
Visheshya (विशेष्य/Member)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग
इन्द्राःthe chiefs
इन्द्राः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (देव-दैत्य-इन्द्राः = ‘lords among gods and daityas’)
मोहिताःbewildered
मोहिताः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुह् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण
लभतेis obtained / can be attained
लभते:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
कथम्how?
कथम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)
मृगयन्तिthey seek/hunt for
मृगयन्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootमृगय् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
स्मindeed/then (narrative)
स्म:
Kriya-anubandha (क्रियानुबन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्म (अव्यय)
Formस्म-प्रयोग (particle indicating past/narrative emphasis)
ताम्her
ताम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कन्याम्the maiden
कन्याम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object - apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
इतश्from here/this way
इतश्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइतस् (अव्यय)
Formदिशावाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘from here/this side’)
चेतःmind
चेतः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative sense: ‘in mind’)
TypeNoun
Rootचेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समुच्चय-प्रयोगे (paired with इतश्चेतश्च)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
एतश्from there/that way
एतश्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएतस् (अव्यय)
Formदिशावाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘from there/that side’)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
भारतO Bhārata
भारत:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootभारत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन
Speaker

Purāṇic narrator addressing Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira lineage epithet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (epic-style addressee within narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Deva and Daitya leaders, captivated, scan the directions searching for the maiden; their faces show confusion and longing, movement in multiple directions.

Characters & Entities
D
Deva-indras (leaders of gods)
D
Daitya-indras (leaders of demons)
B
Bhārata
T
The maiden (unnamed here)

FAQs

Even powerful beings fall into moha when desire dominates; dharma requires restraint and discernment rather than possessive pursuit.

No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse.

None.

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