Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

रूपयौवनसम्पन्नं दृष्ट्वा तं पृथिवीपतिम् । दिव्योपभोगसम्पन्नं प्रार्थयामास नर्मदा

Transliteration

rūpayauvanasampannaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ pṛthivīpatim | divyopabhogasampannaṃ prārthayāmāsa narmadā

Translation

Voyant le seigneur de la terre, comblé de beauté et de jeunesse, et doté de jouissances célestes et de prospérité, Narmadā le pria de la prendre pour épouse.

Word by Word

• रूपयौवनसम्पन्नम्: endowed with beauty and youth
• रूपयौवनसम्पन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + यौवन (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्पन्न (कृदन्त, √पद्/पद्-सम्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पृथिवीपतिम् इति विशेष्यस्य)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having seen’

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

• पृथिवीपतिम्: the lord of the earth (king)
• पृथिवीपतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दिव्योपभोगसम्पन्नम्: endowed with divine enjoyments
• दिव्योपभोगसम्पन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उपभोग (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्पन्न (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पृथिवीपतिम्)

• प्रार्थयामास: begged/entreated
• प्रार्थयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्थ् (धातु) प्र- (causative/णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद; periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative)

• नर्मदा: Narmadā (river-goddess)
• नर्मदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narmadā personified as a radiant maiden approaches a youthful, splendid king amid a palace setting near the river; attendants, lotuses, and shimmering waters suggest her divine origin.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Duryodhana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas portray sacred rivers as divine persons whose interactions reveal dharma and the hidden potency of tīrtha-regions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā herself is central—the living tīrtha whose presence sanctifies the entire Revā Khaṇḍa landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse advances the narrative of the river goddess’ approach.