Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

सप्ताष्टभूमिसुद्वारे दासीदाससमाकुले । मत्तमातङ्गनिःश्वासैर्वाजिहेषितनादितैः

Transliteration

saptāṣṭabhūmisudvāre dāsīdāsasamākule | mattamātaṅganiḥśvāsairvājiheṣitanāditaiḥ

Translation

ഏഴ്-എട്ട് നിലകളോളം ഉയർന്ന മനോഹര ദ്വാരങ്ങളുള്ള, ദാസീദാസന്മാരാൽ നിറഞ്ഞ ആ ഭവനത്തിൽ മദോന്മത്ത ആനകളുടെ ശ്വാസഫൂങ്കാരവും കുതിരകളുടെ ഹേഷിതനാദവും മുഴങ്ങുന്നു।

Word by Word

• सप्त-अष्ट-भूमि-सु-द्वारे: in (a place) with an excellent gate of seven/eight storeys
• सप्त-अष्ट-भूमि-सु-द्वारे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अष्ट (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + भूमि (प्रातिपदिक) + सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण—बहुस्तरीय-भूमियुक्तं सुद्वारम् (द्वारं)

• दासी-दास-समाकुले: crowded with maidservants and servants
• दासी-दास-समाकुले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दासी (प्रातिपदिक) + दास (प्रातिपदिक) + समाकुल (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव, 'crowded')
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (दासी च दासः च) + तत्पुरुष (तेन समाकुलम्)

• मत्त-मातङ्ग-निःश्वासैः: by the breaths of intoxicated elephants
• मत्त-मातङ्ग-निःश्वासैः: Sahakaraka (Instrument/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्त (प्रातिपदिक) + मातङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + निःश्वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; 'मत्तमातङ्गानां निःश्वासैः'

• वाजि-हेषित-नादितैः: by (sounds) made resounding with horses’ neighing
• वाजि-हेषित-नादितैः: Sahakaraka (Instrument/साधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाजि (प्रातिपदिक) + हेषित (कृदन्त, √हृष्/हेष्?; 'neighing') + नादित (कृदन्त, √नद्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भे तृतीया बहुवचन), तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण—'वाजिहेषितेन नादितैः' (resounded by neighing)

Speaker

Narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-like purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A towering multi-storeyed palace gate (seven or eight levels) with splendid doors; crowds of attendants; nearby intoxicated elephants exhale loudly; horses neigh; the whole entrance vibrates with life.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (contextual)
• Elephants
• Horses

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-merit is depicted as transforming one’s destiny, granting abundance and elevated living as a secondary fruit of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred region as praised in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual act is stated here; the verse continues a description of the फल (result) promised by the māhātmya.