Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तीरे मया दृष्टं तडित्सूर्यसमप्रभम् । इन्द्रनीलमहानीलैश्चितं रत्नैः समन्ततः

Transliteration

tasyāstīre mayā dṛṣṭaṃ taḍitsūryasamaprabham | indranīlamahānīlaiścitaṃ ratnaiḥ samantataḥ

Translation

Sur sa rive, je vis quelque chose d’un éclat pareil à l’éclair et au soleil, serti de toutes parts de joyaux : saphirs et grandes gemmes d’azur.

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of that (river)
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तीरे: on the bank
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘seen’

• तडित्सूर्यसमप्रभम्: having a radiance like lightning and the sun
• तडित्सूर्यसमप्रभम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तडित् (प्रातिपदिक) + सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तडित्सूर्ययोः समा प्रभा यस्य)

• इन्द्रनीलमहानीलैः: with indranīla and mahānīla (blue gems)
• इन्द्रनीलमहानीलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रनील (प्रातिपदिक) + महानील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• चितम्: inlaid; adorned
• चितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चि (धातु) → चित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘आचितम्/विचित्रितम्’

• रत्नैः: with gems
• रत्नैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (first-person within the passage; exact identity not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra (Narmadā bank) — Mahāliṅga-darśana zone (as developed in following verses)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the riverbank, a radiant object/structure blazing like lightning and the sun, studded all around with sapphires and deep-blue gems.

Characters & Entities

• Indranīla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred landscape reveals divine brilliance to the devoted observer, suggesting that tīrtha-darśana culminates in transformative vision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A riverbank within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s holy geography; the verse prepares for a revelation of a wondrous sacred object at the tīra (bank).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the focus is on darśana (beholding) of a radiant, jewel-inlaid sacred presence.