Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

काचित्कनकवर्णाभा इन्द्रनीलविभूषिता । भर्तारं पतितं दृष्ट्वा पतिता तस्य चोपरि

Transliteration

kācitkanakavarṇābhā indranīlavibhūṣitā | bhartāraṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā patitā tasya copari

Translation

Seorang wanita berkilau laksana emas, dihiasi perhiasan nilam; melihat suaminya rebah, seketika itu juga ia jatuh menimpa dirinya.

Word by Word

• kācit: some (woman)
• kācit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kanaka-varṇa-ābhā: having a golden complexion
• kanaka-varṇa-ābhā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kanaka (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ābhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘कनकवर्णस्य आभा यस्याः सा’ (golden-hued)

• indranīla-vibhūṣitā: adorned with sapphires
• indranīla-vibhūṣitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: indranīla (प्रातिपदिक) + √bhūṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘इन्द्रनीलैः विभूषिता’

• bhartāram: husband
• bhartāram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• patitam: fallen
• patitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pat (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘भर्तारम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वकर्म (having seen)

• patitā: fell
• patitā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रियार्थे (fell)

• tasya: of him/of that (husband)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• upari: upon/on top
• upari: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upari (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb/preposition)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not stated in the snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A golden-hued woman with sapphire ornaments sees her husband fallen amid chaos; she collapses over him, jewelry catching the firelight.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā) region
• pāvaka (fire) (implied by surrounding verses)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It portrays the fragility of worldly life and the depth of human attachment, prompting vairāgya (detachment) and compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape in the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa, though this verse itself focuses on the scene of calamity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse.