Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

एवं वैवाहिकमखे निवृत्ते ऋषयस्तु तम् । ऊचुश्चावभृथस्नानं कुत्र कुर्मो जनार्दन

Transliteration

evaṃ vaivāhikamakhe nivṛtte ṛṣayastu tam | ūcuścāvabhṛthasnānaṃ kutra kurmo janārdana

Translation

Lorsque le sacrifice nuptial fut ainsi achevé, les ṛṣis lui dirent : «Ô Janārdana, où accomplirons-nous le bain d’avabhṛtha, le bain rituel de clôture ?»

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• वैवाहिकमखे: in the wedding-sacrifice
• वैवाहिकमखे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवाहिक (प्रातिपदिक) + मख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘वैवाहिकः मखः’ (marriage-sacrifice)

• निवृत्ते: when (it) had ended
• निवृत्ते: Sati-saptamī (Absolute locative/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वृत् (धातु) → निवृत्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute): ‘when it had ended’

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्, विशेषार्थक-निपात

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्, समुच्चय-बोधक

• अवभृथस्नानम्: the concluding bath (avabhṛtha)
• अवभृथस्नानम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवभृथ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपदम् (object)

• कुत्र: where
• कुत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्, प्रश्नवाचक-देश (interrogative adverb of place)

• कुर्मः: do (shall we do)
• कुर्मः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana
• जनार्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avabhṛtha-tīrtha (to be specified in subsequent verses)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the wedding-sacrifice ends, assembled sages respectfully ask Janārdana where to perform the avabhṛtha bath; the river glimmers nearby, awaiting the concluding rite.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic rites are completed with proper saṃskāras; the concluding bath symbolizes purification and the sealing of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question sets up the revelation of a sacred bathing place connected with Revā (Narmadā) in the subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avabhṛtha-snānā— the concluding ceremonial bath after a yajña (here, a vaivāhika-makha).