Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सा परिभ्रमते लोकान् सदेवासुरमानवान् । त्रैलोक्योन्मादजननी रूपेणऽप्रतिमा तदा

Transliteration

sā paribhramate lokān sadevāsuramānavān | trailokyonmādajananī rūpeṇa'pratimā tadā

Translation

Dia mengembara merentas segala loka—di tengah para dewa, asura dan manusia. Lalu, dengan rupa yang tiada bandingan, dialah punca yang menimbulkan keghairahan dan kemabukan cinta di tiga alam.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• परिभ्रमते: wanders about
• परिभ्रमते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• लोकान्: worlds/people
• लोकान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• स: with
• स: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग-सदृश अव्यय; समासाङ्ग (prefix-like)

• देव: gods
• देव: Visheshya (विशेष्य/Member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• असुर: asuras/demons
• असुर: Visheshya (विशेष्य/Member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• मानवान्: humans
• मानवान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; (समस्तपद: स-देव-असुर-मानव-आन्)

• त्रैलोक्य: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्य: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• उन्माद: madness/delusion
• उन्माद: Visheshya (विशेष्य/Member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्माद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• जननी: the begetter/cause
• जननी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject - apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रैलोक्य-उन्माद-जननी = ‘mother/cause of madness of the three worlds’)

• रूपेण: by (her) beauty/form
• रूपेण: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अप्रतिमा: incomparable
• अप्रतिमा: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्रतिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/नकार-पूर्वक विशेषण (‘without equal’)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine maiden traverses the three worlds; her incomparable beauty radiates, subtly stirring gods, demons, and humans into fascination.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Asuras
• Humans
• Three worlds (Trailokya)
• The maiden (unnamed here)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly fascination can overwhelm even exalted beings; the verse foreshadows how desire and delusion arise when beauty is seen without discernment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the narrative remains cosmological/mythic within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.