Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मचर्येण निर्विण्ण एकाकी कामपीडितः । याचमानस्य मे तात प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

brahmacaryeṇa nirviṇṇa ekākī kāmapīḍitaḥ | yācamānasya me tāta prasādaṃ kartumarhasi

Translation

ബ്രഹ്മചര്യത്താൽ ഞാൻ ക്ഷീണിച്ചു, ഏകാകിയായി, കാമപീഡിതനായി ഇരിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ താതാ! അപേക്ഷിക്കുന്ന എനിക്കു പ്രസാദം ചെയ്യുന്നത് നിങ്ങൾക്കു യുക്തമാണ്.

Word by Word

• brahma-caryeṇa: by celibacy (brahmacarya)
• brahma-caryeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + carya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘by/through celibate discipline’

• nirviṇṇaḥ: weary/disgusted
• nirviṇṇaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-√vid (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन: ‘disheartened/weary’

• ekākī: alone
• ekākī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekākin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kāma-pīḍitaḥ: tormented by desire
• kāma-pīḍitaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + pīḍita (√pīḍ, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘tormented by desire’

• yācamānasya: of (me) begging
• yācamānasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yāc (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), षष्ठी, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग: ‘of me who am begging’

• me: my/of me
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

• tāta: O dear sir/father
• tāta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• prasādam: favor, grace
• prasādam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kartum: to do
• kartum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive): ‘to do/make’

• arhasi: you should / you are worthy (to)
• arhasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद: ‘you ought/are fit’

Speaker

Vahni (Agni), in brāhmaṇa guise (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (Narmadā sphere)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa-ascetic confesses being worn by celibacy and afflicted by desire, pleading for the king’s grace; the king’s face shows judgment forming.

Characters & Entities

• Vahni (Agni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner struggle (restraint versus desire) is acknowledged openly; dharma also includes compassionate responsiveness to sincere supplication.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative within the Revā (Narmadā) cycle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse centers on petition and the expectation of royal/priestly grace (prasāda).