Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 52
Devanagari script
क्व ते कस्य कुतो याताः किमुक्तं तैर्भयावहैः
Transliteration
kva te kasya kuto yātāḥ kimuktaṃ tairbhayāvahaiḥ
Translation
«Où sont-ils ? À qui appartiennent-ils, et d’où sont-ils venus ? Qu’ont dit ces êtres redoutables ?»
Word by Word
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Kriya-viseshana (Interrogative adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक देशवाचक (where?)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम (they)
कस्यof whom/whose
कस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम्; प्रश्न (of whom/whose)
कुतःfrom where?
कुतः:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक अपादानवाचक (from where?)
याताःgone
याताः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formभूतकालिक कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; कर्तरि (gone)
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; प्रश्न (what?)
उक्तम्was said
उक्तम्:
Kriya (Predicate in passive/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formभूतकालिक कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; कर्मणि (said/spoken)
तैःby them
तैः:
Karana (Agent/instrument in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम (by them)
भयावहैःfearful/terrifying
भयावहैः:
Visheshana (Qualifier of 'तैः'/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभय + आवह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (fear-bringing/terrible)
Speaker
The five men (pañca puruṣāḥ)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pilgrims anxiously ask about the whereabouts and identity of fearsome figures and the content of their message, with the riverbank as backdrop.
FAQs
Right response begins with right understanding—identify the situation clearly before taking action.
The narrative remains embedded in the Revā/Narmadā māhātmya cycle, though this verse focuses on inquiry.
None; it is a set of investigative questions within the story.