Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

कृत्वा च पारणं तत्र वसन्विप्रस्तया सह । श्रिया च सहितः काल इदं वचनमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

kṛtvā ca pāraṇaṃ tatra vasanviprastayā saha | śriyā ca sahitaḥ kāla idaṃ vacanamabravīt

Translation

അവിടെ പാരണ പൂർത്തിയാക്കി, ബ്രാഹ്മണന്റെ ഭാര്യയോടൊപ്പം വസിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്, ശ്രീസഹിതനായ കാലൻ ഈ വചനങ്ങൾ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: कृ; अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having done)

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

• पारणम्: the breaking of fast / completion-rite (pāraṇa)
• पारणम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• वसन्: dwelling / staying
• वसन्: Karta (Subject, participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), प्रथमा एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• विप्रस्तया: with the brahmin woman
• विप्रस्तया: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (with)

• श्रिया: with Śrī
• श्रिया: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

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

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषण (with/ accompanied)

• कालः: Kāla (Time personified)
• कालः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object determiner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वचनम्: speech / words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said / spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice; traditionally within Skanda Purāṇa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the frame-story (not specified in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a sacred riverside hermitage after pāraṇa, Kāla (personified Time) stands with Śrī (Lakṣmī), addressing the gathered ascetics; the atmosphere is solemn yet luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Kāla
• Bhṛgu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is completed through proper observance and proper closure (pāraṇa); sacred narratives link ritual discipline with cosmic powers like Kāla.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ refers to the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred locality where vrata observance and pāraṇa are being performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāraṇa—the formal completion/breaking rite of a vrata or fast—is explicitly mentioned.