Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

या चेयमुर्वशी मत्तः समुद्भूता पुरंदर त्रेताग्निहेतुभूतेयं एवं प्राप्य भविष्यति

Transliteration

yā ceyamurvaśī mattaḥ samudbhūtā puraṃdara tretāgnihetubhūteyaṃ evaṃ prāpya bhaviṣyati

Translation

そしてこのウルヴァシーは、わたしより生じたもの、ああプランダラ（インドラ）よ、やがて三つの聖火（トレータ・アグニ）に関わる因となり、このようにして定められた帰結に至るであろう。

Word by Word

• yā: who/which (fem.)
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• iyam: this (she)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• urvaśī: Urvashī (apsaras)
• urvaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: urvaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mattaḥ: from me
• mattaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘मद्’ (from me)

• samudbhūtā: arisen, originated
• samudbhūtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-√bhū (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• puraṃdara: O Purandara (Indra)
• puraṃdara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puraṃdara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन-पद

• tretāgnihetubhūtā: having become the cause of the Tretā fire
• tretāgnihetubhūtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tretā + agni + hetu + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘तretā-अग्नि-हेतु-भूता’ = त्रेताग्न्याः हेतुः भूता (having become the cause of the Tretā fire)

• iyam: this (she)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पुनर्निर्देश (resumptive)

• evaṃ: thus, in this way
• evaṃ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• prāpya: having obtained/reached
• prāpya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु) + lyap (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव-रूप कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having obtained)

• bhaviṣyati: will be, will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (speaker addresses Indra as Purandara and foretells Urvaśī’s role)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) milieu (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Purandara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic moment: a radiant Urvaśī emerging from a divine source, with Indra (Purandara) listening; behind them, the iconography of three sacred fires—three altars or three flames—signifying tretāgni destiny.

Characters & Entities

• Urvaśī
• Indra
• Purandara
• Tretāgni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives link celestial events to Vedic institutions, presenting sacred rites (like the fires) as upheld through divinely guided history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is directly praised; the verse connects mythic figures to Vedic fire tradition within the Revā-kṣetra narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references tretāgni (the three sacred fires), but does not prescribe a specific performance here.