Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ततः पितुर्मतेनैव गङ्गातीरं गता सती । अवगाह्य तटे द्वे तु गङ्गायाः स नराधिप

Transliteration

tataḥ piturmatenaiva gaṅgātīraṃ gatā satī | avagāhya taṭe dve tu gaṅgāyāḥ sa narādhipa

Translation

Alors, se conformant uniquement à l’avis de son père, la dame vertueuse se rendit sur la rive du Gaṅgā. S’y étant immergée pour le bain purificateur, elle demeura sur les deux rives du Gaṅgā, ô roi des hommes.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमबोधक (thereupon/from then)

• पितुः: of (her) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मतेन: by the decision
• मतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; ‘by the opinion/decision’

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• गङ्गातीरम्: the bank of the Ganga
• गङ्गातीरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गङ्गायाः तीरम्)

• गता: went; having gone
• गता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘gone’

• सती: the virtuous lady
• सती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेष्य/उपपद (the virtuous woman)

• अवगाह्य: having bathed; having immersed
• अवगाह्य: Kriya (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√गाह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त); ‘having bathed/immersed’

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Visheshana (Numeral/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; संख्या-विशेषणम् (implicit: ‘two [things/acts]’)

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• गङ्गायाः: of the Ganga
• गङ्गायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• नराधिप: O king; lord of men
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् अधिपः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-tīra (unspecified)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A virtuous queen arrives at the Gaṅgā bank with attendants; she steps into the river for avagāha (immersive bath), then stands prayerfully on the bank with wet garments, hands folded.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obedience to righteous counsel and purification through sacred river-bathing are presented as foundations for a dharmic pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gaṅgā-tīra (banks of the river Gaṅgā) as a purifying sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avagāha (ritual immersion/bathing) in the Gaṅgā for purification.