Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

प्रणम्य बटुभिः सार्धं स चिक्रीड यथासुखम् । द्वितीये तु ततः प्राप्ते दिवसे नर्मदाजले

Transliteration

praṇamya baṭubhiḥ sārdhaṃ sa cikrīḍa yathāsukham | dvitīye tu tataḥ prāpte divase narmadājale

Translation

Après s’être incliné, et avec les jeunes élèves, il se divertit à son aise ; puis, lorsque vint le second jour, dans les eaux de la Narmadā…

Word by Word

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund/absolutive); अर्थ: प्रणमित्वा (having bowed)

• बटुभिः: with the boys/students
• बटुभिः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बटु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-अर्थे/with)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चिक्रीड: played
• चिक्रीड: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यथासुखम्: as he pleased, comfortably
• यथासुखम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• द्वितीये: on the second
• द्वितीये: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दिवसे)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = thereafter

• प्राप्ते: when (it) had come/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘प्राप्त’; सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी सह (प्राप्ते दिवसे)

• नर्मदाजले: in the waters of the Narmadā
• नर्मदाजले: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘नर्मदायाः जलम्’)

Speaker

Narrative speaker not explicit in excerpt

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brahmacārins with their companions, after bowing, enjoy playful sport near/within the Narmadā; morning light on rippling water.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Baṭu (students/brahmacārins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life near a tīrtha integrates reverence (praṇāma) with simple living—discipline and natural joy coexist.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā waters themselves, central to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite here; it transitions the story to events occurring in Narmadā-jala (Narmadā waters).