Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

ते सिद्धाः स्म न वै साध्या भवतीनां स्मरस्य च । माधवस्य च शाक्रोऽपि स्वास्थ्यं यात्वविशङ्किताः

Transliteration

te siddhāḥ sma na vai sādhyā bhavatīnāṃ smarasya ca | mādhavasya ca śākro'pi svāsthyaṃ yātvaviśaṅkitāḥ

Translation

ഞങ്ങൾ ഇതിനകം സിദ്ധരാണ്; നിങ്ങളാലോ സ്മരൻ (കാമൻ) ആലോ ഞങ്ങളെ ജയിക്കാനാവില്ല. മാധവൻ നിശ്ശങ്കനായി സുഖസ്ഥനാകട്ടെ; ശക്രൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) പോലും ആശങ്കയില്ലാതെ മടങ്ങട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• सिद्धाः: accomplished/successful
• सिद्धाः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; सिध्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• स्म: indeed/then (past marker)
• स्म: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: स्म-निपात (particle indicating past/recall; often with past tense)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• साध्याः: to be accomplished/attainable
• साध्याः: Karta (Predicate adjective; ‘not to be achieved’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक; साध्-धातोः यत्/ण्यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• भवतीनाम्: of you (ladies)
• भवतीनाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/related)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवती (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/स्त्रीलिङ्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; आदरार्थे ‘भवती’ (you ladies)

• स्मरस्य: of Smara (Kāma)
• स्मरस्य: Sambandha (Of Smara/Kāma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

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

• माधवस्य: of Mādhava
• माधवस्य: Sambandha (Of Mādhava)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

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

• शाक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शाक्रः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• स्वास्थ्यम्: well-being/health
• स्वास्थ्यम्: Karma (Object of ‘yātvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वास्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• यात्वा: having gone/attained
• यात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), ‘having gone/attained’

• अविशङ्किताः: free from doubt/fear
• अविशङ्किताः: Karta (Predicate adjective; of implied ‘te’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-विशङ्कित (प्रातिपदिक; शङ्क्-धातोः क्त, नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्ग (without doubt/fear)

Speaker

Nārāyaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Apsarases, Kāma; reassurance directed to Mādhava; Indra addressed implicitly/explicitly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A decisive dismissal: the speaker declares themselves already siddha, unconquerable by apsarases or Kāma; Mādhava is reassured; Indra is told he may leave without fear—temptation scene dissolves into calm.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Smara (Kāma)
• Mādhava
• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Established realization (siddhi) makes external provocations ineffective, producing fearlessness and peace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; the episode supports Revā Khaṇḍa’s holiness by presenting exemplary tapas and divine steadiness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a declaration of spiritual invulnerability and reassurance to the celestial agents.