Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

निधाय च तदा लीनास्तत्रैवाश्रममण्डले । तेषु लीनेष्वथो शीघ्रं ततस्तद्रक्षिणां बलम्

Transliteration

nidhāya ca tadā līnāstatraivāśramamaṇḍale | teṣu līneṣvatho śīghraṃ tatastadrakṣiṇāṃ balam

Translation

Après l’avoir déposé, ils se dissimulèrent sur-le-champ, dans l’enceinte même de l’āśrama. Et lorsqu’ils furent cachés, bientôt arriva, en hâte, la troupe des gardes.

Word by Word

• निधाय: having placed/put down
• निधाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action), धातु: धा, उपसर्ग: नि

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kālādhi karaṇa (time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• लीनाः: (they) having hidden/merged; concealed
• लीनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लीन (कृदन्त; √ली)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; धातु: ली (to cling/merge)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• आश्रममण्डले: in the hermitage-enclosure
• आश्रममण्डले: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आश्रमस्य मण्डलम्)

• तेषु: among them/in them
• तेषु: Adhikaraṇa (location/among them)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• लीनेषु: (when they were) hidden
• लीनेषु: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लीन (कृदन्त; √ली)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘तेषु’)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक निपात (then/now particle)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन-प्रथमा/द्वितीया (adverbial accusative)

• ततः: thereupon/from there
• ततः: Apādāna/Krama (source/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (from there/thereupon)

• तद्: that
• तद्: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘बलम्’)

• रक्षिणाम्: of the guards/protectors
• रक्षिणाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• बलम्: the force/troop
• बलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive: Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-region (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages / or a royal interlocutor (the verse addresses 'O King' in nearby context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the edge of a forest hermitage precinct, thieves conceal a deposited object/loot and hide among trees and huts; dust rises as armed guards rush in from a distance.

Characters & Entities

• āśrama-maṇḍala
• rakṣiṇaḥ (guards)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When wrongdoing is done near sacred spaces, consequences follow quickly; dharma’s guardianship manifests through worldly agents too.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-region remains the sanctifying frame; the verse emphasizes the protected sanctum of an āśrama within that holy zone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.