Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तापसी तस्य भगिनी याज्ञवल्क्यस्य धीमतः । सा सप्तमेऽपि वर्षे च वैधव्यं प्राप दैवतः

Transliteration

tāpasī tasya bhaginī yājñavalkyasya dhīmataḥ | sā saptame'pi varṣe ca vaidhavyaṃ prāpa daivataḥ

Translation

धीमान याज्ञवल्क्यांची बहीण तापसी—दैवयोगाने—सातव्या वर्षीच वैधव्याला प्राप्त झाली।

Word by Word

• तापसी: female ascetic
• तापसी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-रूप

• भगिनी: sister
• भगिनी: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• याज्ञवल्क्यस्य: of Yājñavalkya
• याज्ञवल्क्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• धीमतः: of the intelligent one
• धीमतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; याज्ञवल्क्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• सप्तमे: in the seventh
• सप्तमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग (context: वर्षे), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle function)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• वर्षे: in the year
• वर्षे: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• वैधव्यम्: widowhood
• वैधव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैधव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप: attained, met with
• प्राप: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दैवतः: by fate
• दैवतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (instrumental-ablatival adverbial), तसिल्/तृतीया-अर्थे (by fate/from destiny)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Tāpasī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human fortunes—such as early widowhood—are portrayed as arising from destiny and prior causes, encouraging endurance and dharmic steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits in the Revā Khaṇḍa context associated with the Revā/Narmadā sacred region, though no single tīrtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; it introduces the narrative background of Tāpasī.