Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

नैतया सदृशी काचित्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता । दृश्यते सा वरारोहा ह्यवतीर्णा महीतले

Transliteration

naitayā sadṛśī kācittriṣu lokeṣu viśrutā | dṛśyate sā varārohā hyavatīrṇā mahītale

Translation

മൂന്നു ലോകങ്ങളിലും അവളെപ്പോലെ മറ്റൊരു സ്ത്രീ പ്രസിദ്ധയല്ല. ആ വരാരോഹിണി ഭൂമിയിൽ അവതരിച്ചവളെന്നപോലെ ദൃശ്യമാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• etayā: with this (woman)
• etayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (instrumental singular feminine)

• sadṛśī: similar, like
• sadṛśī: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sadṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with kācit)

• kācit: any (woman)
• kācit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim + cit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• triṣu: in the three
• triṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण (locative plural)

• lokeṣu: worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• viśrutā: renowned
• viśrutā: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-śru (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with kācit/sā)

• dṛśyate: is seen
• dṛśyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (present, 3rd sg, passive)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• varārohā: the fair lady
• varārohā: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara + ārohā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (vara-ārohā = excellent/beautiful rider; epithet of a woman)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/indeed particle)

• avatīrṇā: descended
• avatīrṇā: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ava-tṝ (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with sā)

• mahītale: on the earth's surface
• mahītale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (mahīyāḥ talaṃ = surface of the earth)

Speaker

Śabarī (continuing the description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, noble woman stands on the riverbank landscape, her presence portrayed as otherworldly—calm gaze, simple attire, aura suggesting a descent of auspiciousness onto earth.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānumatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Exceptional dharmic discipline is itself a form of glory; virtue makes a person worthy of reverence like a divine descent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it magnifies the exemplar of vrata within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse functions as praise (stuti) encouraging steadfast vrata practice.