Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अहश्च मध्यरात्रे च चिन्तयानस्य सर्वदा । शुष्यन्ति मम गात्राणि ग्रीष्मे नद्युदकं यथा

Transliteration

ahaśca madhyarātre ca cintayānasya sarvadā | śuṣyanti mama gātrāṇi grīṣme nadyudakaṃ yathā

Translation

ທັງກາງວັນ ແລະກາງຄືນຍາມເທິງຄືນ ເມື່ອຂ້ອຍຄິດກັງວົນຢູ່ເສມອ ອະວະຂອງຂ້ອຍກໍແຫ້ງຫຼຸດ—ເຫມືອນນ້ຳແມ່ນ້ຳໃນລະດູຮ້ອນ।

Word by Word

• अहः: by day
• अहः: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे कालवाचक (by day)

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

• मध्यरात्रे: at midnight
• मध्यरात्रे: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्यरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मध्यं रात्रेः)

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

• चिन्तयानस्य: of (me) thinking/while thinking
• चिन्तयानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्तयत् (कृदन्त, वर्तमान-कर्तरि)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle); षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (of one who is thinking)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• शुष्यन्ति: dry up
• शुष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गात्राणि: limbs, body parts
• गात्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन

• ग्रीष्मे: in summer
• ग्रीष्मे: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• नदीउदकम्: river-water
• नदीउदकम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: नद्याः उदकम्)

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

Speaker

Atri (deduced; personal lament before Anasūyā speaks at 17)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solitary figure awake at midnight and again by day, visibly weakened by worry; the background shows a riverbed in summer—shallow water, exposed stones—mirroring inner dryness.

Characters & Entities

• Atri

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unresolved grief and fixation can consume vitality; the narrative sets the stage for redirecting sorrow into dharmic action and spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as an emotional transition within the Revā Khaṇḍa story.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it describes the effect of constant चिंता (worry).