Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

यूयं संसिद्धये नूनमस्माकं बलशत्रुणा । संप्रेषितास्ततोऽस्माकं नृत्ययोगादिदर्शनम्

Transliteration

yūyaṃ saṃsiddhaye nūnamasmākaṃ balaśatruṇā | saṃpreṣitāstato'smākaṃ nṛtyayogādidarśanam

Translation

ഞങ്ങളുടെ സിദ്ധിയെ ഭംഗപ്പെടുത്തുവാൻ ഞങ്ങളുടെ ബലവാൻ ശത്രു നിങ്ങളെ നിശ്ചയമായും അയച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; അതുകൊണ്ടു ഞങ്ങളുടെ മുമ്പിൽ നൃത്തം, മോഹനകലകൾ മുതലായവ കാണിക്കുവാൻ നിങ്ങൾ വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• संसिद्धये: for accomplishment/success
• संसिद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (adverb: surely)

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Of us)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• बलशत्रुणा: by the enemy of Bala
• बलशत्रुणा: Karana (Agent/instrument; by)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल-शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक; बल + शत्रु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (बलस्य शत्रुः)

• संप्रेषिताः: sent/dispatched
• संप्रेषिताः: Karta (Predicate adjective of ‘yūyam’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्रेष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• ततः: therefore/then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (adverb: therefore/then)

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Of us)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• नृत्ययोगादिदर्शनम्: the showing of dance, yoga, etc.
• नृत्ययोगादिदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/aim)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य-योग-आदि-दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; नृत्य + योग + आदि + दर्शन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; समाहार/तत्पुरुष-प्राय (नृत्ययोगादीनां दर्शनम्)

Speaker

Nārāyaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mādhava, Kāma, apsarases (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker, unperturbed, directly states that the visitors are likely dispatched by a powerful adversary to disrupt siddhi through dance and allure, while the apsarases stand poised to perform.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Apsarases
• Kāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual attainment is often tested through distractions; discernment recognizes the source and intent of temptation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the episode sits within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the context implies steadfast tapas and restraint against sensory diversions.