Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

गच्छ त्वं स्वाश्रयं शुभ्रे पूर्वरूपेण संस्थिता । मा विषादं कुरुष्वात्र दृष्टं ज्ञानस्य मे बलम्

Transliteration

gaccha tvaṃ svāśrayaṃ śubhre pūrvarūpeṇa saṃsthitā | mā viṣādaṃ kuruṣvātra dṛṣṭaṃ jñānasya me balam

Translation

«Va maintenant à ta demeure, ô belle, rétablie dans ton aspect d’autrefois. Ne t’attriste pas ici : sois témoin de la puissance de ma connaissance spirituelle.»

Word by Word

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• svāśrayam: to your own abode/refuge
• svāśrayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य आश्रयः)

• śubhre: O fair one
• śubhre: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण संबोधन

• pūrva-rūpeṇa: with the former appearance
• pūrva-rūpeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पूर्वं रूपम्)

• saṃsthitā: remaining/established
• saṃsthitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃsthita (कृदन्त; सम् + √sthā (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (having become/remaining)

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/particle of prohibition)

• viṣādam: despondency/sorrow
• viṣādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• kuruṣva: do/make
• kuruṣva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/locative adverb): 'here'

• dṛṣṭam: has been seen/manifest
• dṛṣṭam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √dṛś (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; भावे/कर्मणि (it has been seen/manifest)

• jñānasya: of knowledge
• jñānasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• balam: power/strength
• balam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Parāśara

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha-mandala (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Satyavatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Parāśara instructs the maiden to go home, restored to her former appearance; he points to the proof of his jñāna’s power, while her posture shifts from fear to composed acceptance.

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Satyavatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual knowledge (jñāna) is portrayed as transformative power that removes fear and restores order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the verse remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is guidance and reassurance.