Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा सहसा यान्तमीर्ष्याभावेन मोहिता । कृष्णं मत्वा तथाजल्पत्तया सह नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā yāntamīrṣyābhāvena mohitā | kṛṣṇaṃ matvā tathājalpattayā saha nṛpottama

Translation

Le voyant s’approcher soudain, elle, égarée par la puissance de la jalousie, parla en le prenant pour noir ; ainsi cet excellent roi s’entretint avec elle.

Word by Word

• तम्: that (horse)/him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (अश्वम्)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वकालिक

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (suddenly/at once)

• यान्तम्: going/moving
• यान्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमानकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तम्)

• ईर्ष्याभावेन: through jealousy
• ईर्ष्याभावेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īrṣyā-bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समास: ईर्ष्यायाः भावः (state of jealousy)

• मोहिता: deluded
• मोहिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muh (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (कद्रू)

• कृष्णम्: black
• कृष्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तम्/अश्वम्)

• मत्वा: having considered
• मत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘मन्’ धातोः; (having thought/considered)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• अजल्पत्: spoke
• अजल्पत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jalp (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तया: with her
• तया: Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक-उपपद (with)

• नृपोत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa-uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समास: नृपेषु उत्तमः (O best of kings)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa context; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpottama) addressed in the surrounding passage

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A figure/horse approaches suddenly; Kadrū, driven by jealousy, mislabels the pale horse as black; the moment captures delusion overtaking discernment.

Characters & Entities

• Kadrū
• Vinatā
• Uccaiḥśravas (implied by context of horse-color wager)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Jealousy (īrṣyā) clouds discernment and pushes one toward wrongful speech and conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative stream; the immediate line is story-focused rather than directly praising a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; the passage establishes a moral-psychological cause (jealous delusion) within the narrative.