Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

छायां संप्रार्थमानानां भृशं ज्वलति पावकः । तैर्दह्यमाना बहुशो विलपन्ति मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

chāyāṃ saṃprārthamānānāṃ bhṛśaṃ jvalati pāvakaḥ | tairdahyamānā bahuśo vilapanti muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

છાંયાની પ્રાર્થના કરનારાઓ માટે અગ્નિ વધુ જ પ્રચંડ રીતે પ્રજ્વલિત થાય છે. તેનાથી વારંવાર દગ્ધ થઈ તેઓ ફરી ફરી વિલાપ કરે છે.

Word by Word

• chāyām: shade
• chāyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• saṃprārthamānānām: of those begging (for it)
• saṃprārthamānānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-prārthamāna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) from √arth/√prārth (धातु) with सम्+प्र
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/सामान्य; ‘of those who are earnestly requesting’

• bhṛśam: greatly
• bhṛśam: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (intensifier: greatly)

• jvalati: burns
• jvalati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jval (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• pāvakaḥ: fire
• pāvakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• dahyamānāḥ: being burned
• dahyamānāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dah (धातु) → dahyamāna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मणि ‘being burned’

• bahuśaḥ: often
• bahuśaḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahuśaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आवृत्तिवाचक (often/many times)

• vilapanti: lament
• vilapanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√lap (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; उपसर्ग: वि

• muhuḥ: again and again
• muhuḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आवृत्तिवाचक (again and again)

• muhuḥ: repeatedly
• muhuḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not stated in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sufferers cry out for shade; instead, flames surge higher, engulfing them repeatedly; the air is thick with heat and their wails echo without relief.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly pleas cannot undo karmic results; restraint and righteousness are to be practiced beforehand.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it is a general description of the punitive journey under Yama’s domain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it indirectly urges dharmic living, charity, and truthfulness to avoid such suffering.