Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

आगतं गौतमं दृष्ट्वा भीतभीतः पुरंदरः । निर्गतः स ततो दृष्ट्वा शक्रोऽयमिति चिन्तयन्

Transliteration

āgataṃ gautamaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhītabhītaḥ puraṃdaraḥ | nirgataḥ sa tato dṛṣṭvā śakro'yamiti cintayan

Translation

Melihat Gautama datang, Purandara (Indra) gemetar ketakutan. Ia menyelinap keluar; dan Gautama, melihatnya, berpikir, “Ini Śakra.”

Word by Word

• āgatam: arrived
• āgatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āgata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (gautamam)

• gautamam: Gautama
• gautamam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• bhīta-bhītaḥ: terrified
• bhīta-bhītaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhīta (प्रातिपदिक) + bhīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रधान कर्मधारय (अत्यन्तभीतः)

• puraṃdaraḥ: Purandara (Indra)
• puraṃdaraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puraṃdara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; इन्द्रस्य नाम

• nirgataḥ: went out
• nirgataḥ: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nirgata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियापदवत् (finite sense: 'went out')

• sa: he
• sa: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमबोधक (from there/then)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• śakraḥ: Śakra (Indra)
• śakraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Pratipādya (Deictic/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिबोधक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• cintayan: thinking
• cintayan: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Concomitant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cint (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; समकालिक क्रिया (while thinking)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā region (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: “Bhārata”

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, suddenly anxious, slips away from the hermitage; Gautama’s gaze catches him—recognition dawns, the air charged with ascetic power.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Purandara (Indra/Śakra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Guilt and fear follow wrongdoing; dharma has a revealing power that unmasks deception.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.