Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

स्रग्दामभूषितौ कार्यौ सितवस्त्रावगुण्ठितौ । अङ्घ्रिः प्रदीयतां स्कन्धे मदीये हयमारुह

Transliteration

sragdāmabhūṣitau kāryau sitavastrāvaguṇṭhitau | aṅghriḥ pradīyatāṃ skandhe madīye hayamāruha

Translation

Qu’ils soient tous deux parés de guirlandes et de chapelets de fleurs, et voilés de vêtements blancs. Pose ton pied sur mon épaule et monte le cheval.

Word by Word

• स्रक्: garland
• स्रक्: Karana (Instrument in compound sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रज्/स्रक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (समासे पूर्वपदत्वेन)

• दाम: wreath/chain
• दाम: Karana (Instrument in compound sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दामन्/दाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समासे पूर्वपदत्वेन)

• भूषितौ: adorned
• भूषितौ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भूष् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; विशेषण (कार्यौ)

• कार्यौ: to be made/should be prepared
• कार्यौ: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ + यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; विधेय (to be made/should be done)

• सितवस्त्रावगुण्ठितौ: covered with white cloth
• सितवस्त्रावगुण्ठितौ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित-वस्त्र + अव-गुण्ठित (कृदन्त; √गुण्ठ् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सितैः वस्त्रैः अवगुण्ठितः = covered with white cloth)

• अङ्घ्रिः: foot
• अङ्घ्रिः: Karma (Object in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्घ्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रदीयताम्: let (it) be given
• प्रदीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: let it be given)

• स्कन्धे: on the shoulder
• स्कन्धे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मदीये: on my
• मदीये: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक; अस्मद्-सम्बन्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (स्कन्धे)

• हयम्: the horse
• हयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आरुह: mount
• आरुह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√रुह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, instructional narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa, garlanded and draped in white, is assisted to mount a decorated horse; the donor bends, offering his shoulder for the brāhmaṇa’s foot, showing humility and ritual propriety.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred actions at a tīrtha are to be performed with order, purity, and auspicious symbolism.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu described in Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Adorning with garlands, covering with white cloth, and the described ceremonial act of mounting the horse.