Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

यूयं संसिद्धये नूनमस्माकं बलशत्रुणा । संप्रेषितास्ततोऽस्माकं नृत्ययोगादिदर्शनम्

Transliteration

yūyaṃ saṃsiddhaye nūnamasmākaṃ balaśatruṇā | saṃpreṣitāstato'smākaṃ nṛtyayogādidarśanam

Translation

Assurément, vous avez été dépêchés par notre puissant adversaire afin de troubler notre accomplissement, en déployant devant nous la danse, les séductions et autres artifices.

Word by Word

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• संसिद्धये: for accomplishment/success
• संसिद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (adverb: surely)

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Of us)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• बलशत्रुणा: by the enemy of Bala
• बलशत्रुणा: Karana (Agent/instrument; by)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल-शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक; बल + शत्रु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (बलस्य शत्रुः)

• संप्रेषिताः: sent/dispatched
• संप्रेषिताः: Karta (Predicate adjective of ‘yūyam’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्रेष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• ततः: therefore/then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (adverb: therefore/then)

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Of us)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• नृत्ययोगादिदर्शनम्: the showing of dance, yoga, etc.
• नृत्ययोगादिदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/aim)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य-योग-आदि-दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; नृत्य + योग + आदि + दर्शन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; समाहार/तत्पुरुष-प्राय (नृत्ययोगादीनां दर्शनम्)

Speaker

Nārāyaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mādhava, Kāma, apsarases (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker, unperturbed, directly states that the visitors are likely dispatched by a powerful adversary to disrupt siddhi through dance and allure, while the apsarases stand poised to perform.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Apsarases
• Kāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual attainment is often tested through distractions; discernment recognizes the source and intent of temptation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the episode sits within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the context implies steadfast tapas and restraint against sensory diversions.