Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

नारी वा पुरुषो वापि नृत्यगीतप्रवादनैः । प्रभाते विमले सूर्ये स्नानादिकविधिं नृप

Transliteration

nārī vā puruṣo vāpi nṛtyagītapravādanaiḥ | prabhāte vimale sūrye snānādikavidhiṃ nṛpa

Translation

സ്ത്രീയായാലും പുരുഷനായാലും, നൃത്ത-ഗീത-വാദ്യങ്ങളോടെ (ഉത്സവം നടത്തി); പിന്നെ പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ നിർമ്മല സൂര്യൻ ഉദിച്ചപ്പോൾ, ഹേ രാജാവേ, സ്നാനാദി വിധികൾ അനുഷ്ഠിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• पुरुषः: a man
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• नृत्यगीतप्रवादनैः: by dancing, singing, and instrumental playing
• नृत्यगीतप्रवादनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य+गीत+प्रवादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (नृत्यं च गीतं च प्रवादनं च), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करणवाचक

• प्रभाते: in the morning
• प्रभाते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• विमले: pure/clear
• विमले: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘सूर्ये’ इति विशेषण

• सूर्ये: when the sun (is clear) / in the sun
• सूर्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• स्नानादिकविधिम्: the procedure of bathing etc.
• स्नानादिकविधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान+आदि+विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (स्नानादीनां विधिः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Adhyāya context; later verse says “śivabhāṣitam”)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (ghāṭ context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pre-dawn festival at a river ghāṭ: women and men in separate clusters or mixed procession, dancing and singing with drums and cymbals; the eastern horizon brightens; devotees prepare for dawn bath with water pots and clean cloth.

Characters & Entities

• Nṛpa (King)
• Snāna
• Sūrya
• Nṛtya
• Gīta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti is open to all; joyful devotion and disciplined morning purity complete the vrata.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Māṇḍaveśvara/Māṇḍavya-Nārāyaṇa setting of Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional celebration (dance, song, instruments) followed by dawn-time snāna and associated observances.