Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

साग्रे वर्षशते पूर्णे रविस्तुष्टोऽब्रवीदिदम्

Transliteration

sāgre varṣaśate pūrṇe ravistuṣṭo'bravīdidam

Translation

Quand cent années entières furent accomplies, Ravi, le Soleil, satisfait, prononça ces paroles.

Word by Word

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अग्रे: after; at the end
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘अग्रे’ = ‘after/at the end’

• वर्षशते: in (the period of) a hundred years
• वर्षशते: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वर्षाणां शतम्)

• पूर्णे: when completed
• पूर्णे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘वर्षशते’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• रविः: the Sun
• रविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त; √तुष् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘रविः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• इदम्: this (speech)
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Sūrya’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a hundred years, the sun’s radiance intensifies; the sky clears; a golden figure/voice of Ravi manifests above the riverbank, addressing the ascetic.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Ravi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Long, unwavering tapas culminates in divine response—grace arises when discipline matures.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā tīrtha milieu, leading into the Śukla-tīrtha/Ādityeśvara revelation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is instructed; the verse marks the completion of prolonged austerity and the deity’s pleased appearance.