Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100
Devanagari script
सन्निधानात्तथास्याशु क्षते क्षारावसेचनम् । प्रसादः क्रियतामाशु नीयतां नरकेऽन्यतः
Transliteration
sannidhānāttathāsyāśu kṣate kṣārāvasecanam | prasādaḥ kriyatāmāśu nīyatāṃ narake'nyataḥ
Translation
त्याच्या सन्निधीमुळेच जणू जखमेवर त्वरित क्षार ओतल्यासारखे होते। म्हणून कृपा करून ताबडतोब याला दुसऱ्या नरकात नेा।
Word by Word
सन्निधानात्from (his) presence; due to proximity
सन्निधानात्:
Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootसन्निधान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause)
तथाthus; likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
अस्यof him
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
आशुquickly
आशु:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआशु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
क्षतेin the wound
क्षते:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (location)
क्षार-अवसेचनम्pouring/sprinkling of alkali
क्षार-अवसेचनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षार (प्रातिपदिक) + अवसेचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्म/विधेय (object/predicate-noun)
प्रसादःrelief; appeasement
प्रसादः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)
क्रियताम्let it be done
क्रियताम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
आशुquickly
आशु:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआशु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
नीयताम्let (him) be led
नीयताम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनी (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
नरकेin hell
नरके:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनरक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
अन्यतःelsewhere; from another place
अन्यतः:
Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb)
Speaker
Nārakāḥ (hell-beings) petitioning Yamadūtas for relief, inferred from continuation in next verse
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A hellish courtyard where tormented beings recoil from a newly arrived sinner; attendants gesture in disgust, likening his presence to caustic alkali poured into an open wound.
Characters & Entities
N
NarakaY
YamadūtaFAQs
Evil is depicted as corrosive even by proximity; dharma emphasizes removing harmful influences to protect others.
None; this is a Naraka episode within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
None.