Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 116
Devanagari script
आगतस्त्वरितो गेहे पिपासार्तो नराधिप । शकटं मोच्य तद्द्वारि सवृषं रज्जुसंयुतम्
Transliteration
āgatastvarito gehe pipāsārto narādhipa | śakaṭaṃ mocya taddvāri savṛṣaṃ rajjusaṃyutam
Translation
ഹേ നരാധിപാ! ദാഹത്താൽ പീഡിതനായി അവൻ വേഗത്തിൽ വീട്ടിലെത്തി, വാതില്ക്കൽ വണ്ടി അഴിച്ചു; എന്നാൽ കാള കയറോടെ കെട്ടിയ നിലയിൽ തന്നെയിരുന്നു.
Word by Word
āgataḥhaving come/arrived
āgataḥ:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-gam (धातु) + kta-pratyaya (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
tvaritaḥhurried
tvaritaḥ:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottvarita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
gehein the house
gehe:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative)
pipāsā-ārtaḥdistressed by thirst
pipāsā-ārtaḥ:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpipāsā (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास (pipāsayā ārtaḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
narādhipaO king
narādhipa:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (narāṇām adhipaḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन
śakaṭamthe cart
śakaṭam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśakaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (accusative)
mocyahaving released/removed
mocya:
Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootmuc (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया
tatthat
tat:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
dvāriat the door
dvāri:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative)
sa-vṛṣamtogether with the bull
sa-vṛṣam:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa (उपसर्ग/सह) + vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव (vṛṣena saha); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
rajjusaṃyutambound with a rope
rajjusaṃyutam:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootrajjū (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-तत्पुरुष (rajjvā saṃyutam); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
Speaker
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: narādhipa (king)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A man rushes to his doorway, parched; he unyokes a cart while the bull remains tethered; the threshold becomes the stage for unseen tragedy behind him.
Characters & Entities
K
King (listener, unnamed)G
Govinda (implied)FAQs
It underscores human vulnerability—thirst, haste, and fatigue—often preceding moral tests and life-altering outcomes.
No tīrtha is directly glorified in this verse.
None; this is narrative staging.