Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ध्यात्वा ततोऽहं सलिलं ततार तस्य प्रसादादविमूढचेताः । ग्लानिः श्रमश्चैव मम प्रणष्टौ देव्याः प्रसादेन नरेन्द्रपुत्र

Transliteration

dhyātvā tato'haṃ salilaṃ tatāra tasya prasādādavimūḍhacetāḥ | glāniḥ śramaścaiva mama praṇaṣṭau devyāḥ prasādena narendraputra

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ധ്യാനിച്ച് ഞാൻ പിന്നെ ആ ജലത്തെ കടന്നു; അവന്റെ കൃപയാൽ എന്റെ ചിത്തം ഇനി മോഹിതമായിരുന്നില്ല. ഹേ രാജപുത്രാ, ദേവിയുടെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ എന്റെ ക്ഷീണവും പരിശ്രമവും അകന്നു.

Word by Word

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated
• ध्यात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (common), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• ततार: crossed
• ततार: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of him/that (one)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: from (his) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apādāna (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• अविमूढचेताः: (I,) with an unconfused mind
• अविमूढचेताः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-वि-मूढ (उपसर्ग-निषेधपूर्वक कृदन्त) + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसदृश-विशेषणार्थे कर्मधारयः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; ‘चेताः’ = चेतस्-शब्दस्य प्रथमा एकवचन (irregular stem)

• ग्लानिः: weariness
• ग्लानिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्लानि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• श्रमः: fatigue
• श्रमः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• प्रणष्टौ: when (they) had vanished; in (their) disappearance
• प्रणष्टौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/State)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-नश् (धातु) → प्रणष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘प्रणष्ट’ (lost/vanished) से भावे/अवस्थायाम्; सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (locative)

• देव्याः: of the Goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• प्रसादेन: by (her) grace
• प्रसादेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• नरेन्द्रपुत्र: O son of the king
• नरेन्द्रपुत्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नरेन्द्रस्य पुत्रः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king/prince (nareन्द्रपुत्र / nṛpasattama addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A weary ascetic/traveler pauses at a broad sacred river, closes his eyes in meditation; a subtle divine aura (Devī’s grace) surrounds him; he then crosses the waters with calm focus, fatigue dissolving.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Devī (the Goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditation joined with divine grace removes delusion and fatigue; deliverance is portrayed as both inner clarity and outward passage through danger.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting associated with the Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna (meditation) is the explicit practice; the result is described as protection and renewed strength through prasāda (grace).