Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

प्रविष्टः कण्वराजासौ हृदि ध्यात्वा जनार्दनम् । पीताम्बरधरं देवं जटामुकुटधारिणम्

Transliteration

praviṣṭaḥ kaṇvarājāsau hṛdi dhyātvā janārdanam | pītāmbaradharaṃ devaṃ jaṭāmukuṭadhāriṇam

Translation

Le roi Kaṇva entra dans le feu, méditant au fond de son cœur sur Janārdana, le Seigneur divin vêtu de jaune, portant pour diadème une couronne de cheveux nattés.

Word by Word

• प्रविष्टः: having entered / entered
• प्रविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अर्थे—‘प्रविष्ट’ (entered)

• कण्वराजः: King Kaṇva
• कण्वराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्वराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• असौ: that (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• हृदि: in (his) heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated
• ध्यात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, gerund), ‘ध्यात्वा’ = having meditated

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पीताम्बरधरम्: wearing a yellow garment
• पीताम्बरधरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत + अम्बर + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पीतम् अम्बरम् धरति इति), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• जटामुकुटधारिणम्: wearing a matted-hair crown
• जटामुकुटधारिणम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जटा + मुकुट + धारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (जटामुकुटं धारयति इति), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual narration within the Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha-prabhāva tīrtha (contextual); Brāhmaṇa-saṅgama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana (addressed in later verse; the addressee for this narrative unit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Kaṇva, composed and inwardly absorbed, steps into a ritual fire; within a luminous heart-lotus appears Janārdana in pītāmbara with a jaṭā-like crown, radiating calm authority.

Characters & Entities

• Kaṇva-rāja
• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance of the Lord in the heart at the final moment is upheld as the decisive inner rite leading to auspicious attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Somanātha sacred vicinity forms the backdrop, framing the king’s final act as tirtha-assisted liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Internal dhyāna/smaraṇa of Janārdana at the climactic moment, accompanying the act of entering the fire.