Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

दिवसानां सहस्रे द्वे पूर्णे त्वत्तपसा मम

Transliteration

divasānāṃ sahasre dve pūrṇe tvattapasā mama

Translation

«Dos mil días han sido cumplidos por mí mediante esa austeridad, teniéndote a Ti como objeto.»

Word by Word

• divasānām: of days
• divasānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sahasre: in a thousand
• sahasre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Loc./Nom./Acc.), द्विवचन/एकवचन?; here: सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative singular) in sense 'in a thousand (days)'

• dve: two
• dve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), द्विवचन (Dual)

• pūrṇe: completed
• pūrṇe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), द्विवचन (Dual); (agreeing with 'dve')

• tvattapasā: by your austerity
• tvattapasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tava tapaḥ = your austerity)

• mama: of me / my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Dānava (inferred continuation from previous verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendrical sense of time: the ascetic marks days with pebbles or notches on a staff beside the flowing Revā, indicating two thousand days of austerity directed to the Lord.

Characters & Entities

• Dānava
• Śiva (implied as ‘tvat’)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual resolve is shown through sustained practice over time; perseverance is central to tapas and bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this fragment; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of duration and completion of austerity.