Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

यदि उच्चैःश्रवाः श्वेतोऽहं दासी च तवैव तु । एवं परस्परं द्वाभ्यां संवादोऽयं व्यवर्धत

Transliteration

yadi uccaiḥśravāḥ śveto'haṃ dāsī ca tavaiva tu | evaṃ parasparaṃ dvābhyāṃ saṃvādo'yaṃ vyavardhata

Translation

ಉಚ್ಚೈಃಶ್ರವಾ ಶ್ವೇತವಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ ನೀನೇ ನನ್ನ ದಾಸಿಯಾಗುವೆ. ಹೀಗೆ ಆ ಇಬ್ಬರ ನಡುವೆ ಈ ಪರಸ್ಪರ ವಾದವೂ ಪಣವೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚುತ್ತಲೇ ಹೋಯಿತು।

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• उच्चैःश्रवाः: Uccaiḥśravā
• उच्चैःश्रवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्चैःश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—उच्चैः + श्रवस् (बहुव्रीहि)

• श्वेतः: white
• श्वेतः: Pratijna/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दासी: maidservant
• दासी: Pratijna/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• तु: but/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय (reciprocal adverb)

• द्वाभ्याम्: by the two (of them)
• द्वाभ्याम्: Kartr-karana (Agent group/कर्तृ-समूह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन

• संवादः: the conversation
• संवादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• व्यवर्धत: increased / grew
• व्यवर्धत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (deduced; summary line of the episode)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The two parties finalize reciprocal terms: if the horse is white, Kadrū becomes Vinatā’s bondwoman; the quarrel swells—foreshadowing deceit and future epic consequences.

Characters & Entities

• Kadrū
• Vinatā
• Uccaiḥśravā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked contention hardens into binding vows; dharma urges caution before escalating disputes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is directly mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.