Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

मम संतापजं दुःखं दुर्योधनसमुद्भवम् । तव वक्त्राम्बुजौघेन प्लावितं निर्वृतिं गतम्

Transliteration

mama saṃtāpajaṃ duḥkhaṃ duryodhanasamudbhavam | tava vaktrāmbujaughena plāvitaṃ nirvṛtiṃ gatam

Translation

ദുര്യോധനനാൽ ഉത്ഭവിച്ച എന്റെ ദാഹജന്യ ദുഃഖം, നിന്റെ പദ്മമുഖത്തിൽ നിന്നൊഴുകിയ വാക്ധാരയാൽ പ്ലാവിതമായി; ഇപ്പോൾ അത് ശാന്തിയും നിർവൃതിയും പ്രാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• संतापजम्: born of distress
• संतापजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संतापज (प्रातिपदिक; संताप + ज)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुर्योधनसमुद्भवम्: arising from Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनसमुद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्योधनसमुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; दुर्योधन + समुद्भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वक्त्राम्बुजौघेन: by the flood (stream) of your lotus-mouth (words)
• वक्त्राम्बुजौघेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्राम्बुजौघ (प्रातिपदिक; वक्त्र + अम्बुज + ओघ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्लावितम्: flooded, washed
• प्लावितम्: Kriya (Predicate complement/क्रिया-विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्लु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• निर्वृतिम्: peace, relief
• निर्वृतिम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गतम्: gone to, attained
• गतम्: Kriya (Predicate complement/क्रिया-विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (a royal listener addressing a Brahmin sage in the narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kathā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija/ṛṣi

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A poetic metaphor: the sage’s lotus-mouth releases a stream of discourse that ‘floods’ Yudhiṣṭhira’s burning sorrow, cooling it into peace; visually, words become water, grief becomes fire subdued.

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred speech and Purāṇic kathā can dissolve grief and bring inner tranquility when received with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as a narrative prelude; the wider Revā Khaṇḍa context is tied to the sanctity of the Revā (Narmadā) region rather than naming a single tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is śravaṇa—devout listening to dharmic narration.