Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

भार्याया वचनं श्रुत्वा मुमुदे शबरस्ततः । गृहीत्वा श्रीफलं शीघ्रं होमं कृत्वा यथाविधि

Transliteration

bhāryāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā mumude śabarastataḥ | gṛhītvā śrīphalaṃ śīghraṃ homaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi

Translation

Entendant les paroles de son épouse, Śabara se réjouit. Prenant aussitôt une noix de coco (śrīphala), il accomplit le homa selon le rite prescrit.

Word by Word

• भार्यायाः: of (his) wife
• भार्यायाः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• वचनम्: words/speech
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाल (having heard)

• मुमुदे: rejoiced
• मुमुदे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• शबरः: the Śabara (tribesman)
• शबरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शबर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adverbial (Time/Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः = क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: then/thereafter)

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive); ‘having taken’

• श्रीफलम्: a coconut
• श्रीफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; श्री + फल (coconut)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Adverbial (Manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as adverb: quickly)

• होमम्: a fire-offering (homa)
• होमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive); ‘having done’

• यथाविधि: according to the prescribed rite
• यथाविधि: Adverbial (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + विधि (अव्यय-समास)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (according to rule)

Speaker

Narrator (within Āvantya Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śabara, delighted after hearing his wife, quickly brings a coconut and performs a small homa with disciplined gestures and offerings into the fire.

Characters & Entities

• Śabara
• wife (bhāryā)
• śrīphala (coconut)
• homa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right counsel and faith lead to disciplined ritual action, transforming distress into dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing homa yathāvidhi (according to proper procedure), using śrīphala (coconut) as an offering.