Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

महती भूरिसलिला समन्ताद्वृष्टिराहिता । ततो वृष्ट्या तु तेषां वै वर्तनं समजायत

Transliteration

mahatī bhūrisalilā samantādvṛṣṭirāhitā | tato vṛṣṭyā tu teṣāṃ vai vartanaṃ samajāyata

Translation

やがて四方にわたり、豊かな水を満たした大いなる雨が降り注いだ。その雨によって、彼らの糧と命のつながりは再び整えられた。

Word by Word

• महती: great, huge
• महती: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भूरिसलिला: having abundant water
• भूरिसलिला: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि + सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (भूरि सलिलं यस्याः/या)

• समन्तात्: from all directions, all around
• समन्तात्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: from all sides)

• वृष्टिः: rainfall, rain
• वृष्टिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• आहिता: placed, set; (here) established/occurred
• आहिता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + √धा (धातु) → आहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त/PPP)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदर्थे अपादान/क्रमसूचक (then, thereafter)

• वृष्ट्या: by rain
• वृष्ट्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: contrast/emphasis)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• वर्तनम्: subsistence, livelihood; activity/continuance
• वर्तनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• समजायत: arose, came to be
• समजायत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) environs

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sheets of rain fall in all directions; dry fields darken; streams reappear; sages and locals gather water, kindle fires, and prepare food as life resumes.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can revive life when dharma-supporting forces prevail; survival is portrayed as dependent on higher order, not mere human effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the setting remains the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly.