Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ततः कामो वसन्तश्च पार्थिवाप्सरसश्च ताः । प्रणम्य भगवन्तौ तौ तुष्टुवुर्मुनिसत्तमौ

Transliteration

tataḥ kāmo vasantaśca pārthivāpsarasaśca tāḥ | praṇamya bhagavantau tau tuṣṭuvurmunisattamau

Translation

ତାପରେ କାମ ଓ ବସନ୍ତ ଏବଂ ସେହି ଅପ୍ସରାମାନେ ସେଇ ଦୁଇ ଭଗବଦ୍ରୂପ ମୁନିଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଣାମ କରି ସ୍ତୁତି କଲେ।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (thereafter/from that)

• कामः: Kāma (Cupid)
• कामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular

• वसन्तः: Vasanta (Spring)
• वसन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = conjunction ‘and’

• पार्थिवाप्सरसः: the earthly apsarases
• पार्थिवाप्सरसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव + अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन = Feminine, Nominative plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पार्थिवस्य अप्सरसः = earthly apsarases)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = conjunction ‘and’

• ताः: those (fem. pl.)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन = Feminine, Nominative plural (pronoun)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) = gerund/absolutive ‘having bowed’; धातु: नम्, उपसर्ग: प्र

• भगवन्तौ: the two venerable lords
• भगवन्तौ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन = Masculine, Accusative dual

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन = Masculine, Accusative dual (pronoun)

• तुष्टुवुः: praised
• तुष्टुवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद) = Perfect; प्रथमा-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन = 3rd plural; धातु: स्तु (to praise)

• मुनिसत्तमौ: the two best sages
• मुनिसत्तमौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन = Masculine, Nominative dual; कर्मधारयः (सत्तमौ मुनि = best sages)

Speaker

Narrator (not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Badarikāśrama (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāma and Vasanta, accompanied by apsarases, approach two radiant sages (Nara and Nārāyaṇa), bowing with folded hands and beginning hymns of praise; the atmosphere shifts from temptation to reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma
• Vasanta
• Apsarases
• Two sages (unnamed in snippet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When tapas and realization prevail, even the forces of desire submit—signifying the triumph of dharma and self-mastery.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates an act of praṇāma (reverent bowing) and stuti (praise).