Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तु देवेन्द्रस्तत्क्षणादेव भारत । भगानां तु सहस्रेण तत्क्षणादेव वेष्टितः

Transliteration

evamuktastu devendrastatkṣaṇādeva bhārata | bhagānāṃ tu sahasreṇa tatkṣaṇādeva veṣṭitaḥ

Translation

Mendengar sabda itu, wahai Bhārata, Devendra seketika tertutupi dan seolah terlingkari oleh seribu ‘bhaga’ (tanda kelamin).

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (manner adverb)

• uktaḥ: having been spoken to/addressed
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject, in passive sense)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ukta (प्रातिपदिक) < √vac (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (having been spoken to/so addressed)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• devendraḥ: Devendra (Indra)
• devendraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (devānām indraḥ)

• tat-kṣaṇāt: from that very moment
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Apādāna/Time-source (From that moment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (अपादान/काल), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (tasmin kṣaṇe; 'from that moment')

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhagānām: of 'bhagas' (genitals/marks)
• bhagānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• sahasreṇa: with a thousand
• sahasreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• tat-kṣaṇāt: from that very moment
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Apādāna/Time-source (From that moment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• veṣṭitaḥ: was covered/encircled
• veṣṭitaḥ: Kriyā (Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: veṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक) < √veṣṭ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि भाव (was covered/surrounded)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller voice addressing ‘Bhārata’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā region (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: “Bhārata”

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra’s body becomes suddenly covered with a thousand ‘bhaga’ marks—rendered symbolically (patterned emblems) to convey curse fulfillment without explicitness; Indra stands stunned in humiliation.

Characters & Entities

• Devendra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions driven by lust can bring immediate dishonor; the Purāṇas portray karma as both swift and publicly revealing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.