Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा गतो भूप शतयोजनमायतम् । बाणस्य तत्पुरश्रेष्ठमृद्धिवृद्धिसमायुतम्

Transliteration

evamuktvā gato bhūpa śatayojanamāyatam | bāṇasya tatpuraśreṣṭhamṛddhivṛddhisamāyutam

Translation

Setelah berkata demikian, wahai raja, baginda pun pergi ke kota utama milik Bāṇa, yang terbentang seratus yojana, sarat dengan kemakmuran serta keagungan yang kian bertambah.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• गतः: went / gone
• गतः: Kriyā (Predicate; implied ‘he went’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (gone)

• भूप: O king
• भूप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• शत: hundred
• शत: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective)

• योजनम्: yojana (measure)
• योजनम्: Viśeṣya (Qualified noun within measure phrase)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आयतम्: extended, long
• आयतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with ‘पुरम्’ understood)

• बाणस्य: of Bāṇa
• बाणस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (that)

• पुर: city
• पुर: Karma/Viśeṣya (Object/Head noun; ‘city’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रेष्ठम्: excellent, best
• श्रेष्ठम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ऋद्धि: prosperity
• ऋद्धि: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)

• वृद्धि: increase, growth
• वृद्धि: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)

• समायुतम्: endowed with, accompanied by
• समायुतम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (endowed/combined with)

Speaker

Unnamed narrator addressing a king (bhūpa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bāṇapura (as described in Revākhaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhūpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler/hero, after speaking to the king, approaches Bāṇa’s immense city stretching ‘a hundred yojanas’, its skyline dense with palaces and shrines, shimmering with prosperity.

Characters & Entities

• Bāṇa
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Immense scale and prosperity are not proofs of righteousness; grandeur can belong even to forces opposed to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse describes Bāṇa’s city within the Tripura account, not a pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.