Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततश्चिक्षेप सात्मानमेकचित्ता नराधिप । नगार्द्धे पतिता यावत्तावद्दृष्टाः सुराङ्गनाः

Transliteration

tataścikṣepa sātmānamekacittā narādhipa | nagārddhe patitā yāvattāvaddṛṣṭāḥ surāṅganāḥ

Translation

Kemudian, wahai raja, dengan pikiran terpusat ia menjatuhkan dirinya. Saat ia jatuh ke lereng gunung, pada saat itu juga tampak para apsara surgawi.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then/thereafter’

• चिक्षेप: threw, cast
• चिक्षेप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• स-आत्मानम्: herself (with her own self)
• स-आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + स (उपसर्ग/सह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘स’ = सह/सम् (with/along with) उपपद-प्रयोग

• एकचित्ता: single-minded
• एकचित्ता: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (one-pointed-minded)

• नराधिप: O king
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• नग-अर्द्धे: on the mountainside / on half of the mountain
• नग-अर्द्धे: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्द्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘mountain-half/side’

• पतिता: having fallen
• पतिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकर्मणि/Perfect passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘fallen’

• यावत्: until, as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal relation/कालसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/परिमाण) — ‘as long as/until’

• तावत्: so long, then
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlative/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/तुलना) — ‘so long/then’

• दृष्टाः: were seen / appeared
• दृष्टाः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (अद्यतनभूत/Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदी/परस्मैपदी-प्रयोगानुसार ‘they were seen/appeared’ (कर्मणि-प्रयोग)

• सुर-अङ्गनाः: celestial maidens
• सुर-अङ्गनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A resolute ascetic woman (Bhānumatī) casts herself from a rocky slope; at the very moment of descent, radiant apsarās appear in the sky, stopping the scene from becoming tragic and turning it wondrous.

Characters & Entities

• surāṅganās (celestial maidens)
• mountain slope

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-minded resolve in a sacred context is shown to draw immediate divine acknowledgement—signs appear when a vow reaches its decisive culmination.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mountain setting connected to the Śūlabheda tīrtha episode in Revā Khaṇḍa is implicitly highlighted as a place where divine beings manifest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse describes the climactic act of the vow undertaken with ekāgratā (one-pointedness), rather than a standard ritual like snāna or japa.