Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

क्रीडित्वा च सुविस्तीर्णशयनस्था वराङ्गना । काचित्सुप्ता विशालाक्षी हारावलिविभूषिता । धूमेनाकुलिता दीना न्यपतद्धव्यवाहने

Transliteration

krīḍitvā ca suvistīrṇaśayanasthā varāṅganā | kācitsuptā viśālākṣī hārāvalivibhūṣitā | dhūmenākulitā dīnā nyapataddhavyavāhane

Translation

କ୍ରୀଡା କରି ସାରି ଏକ ଉତ୍ତମାଙ୍ଗନା ବିସ୍ତୃତ ଶୟ୍ୟାରେ ଶୋଇଥିଲା; ହାରମାଳାର ଶ୍ରେଣୀରେ ଭୂଷିତ ଏକ ବିଶାଳନୟନା ନାରୀ ନିଦ୍ରାସ୍ଥ ଥିଲା। ଧୂମରେ ଆକୁଳ ହୋଇ ଦୀନାବସ୍ଥାରେ ସେ ଦହନକାରୀ ହବ୍ୟବାହନ ଅଗ୍ନିରେ ପତିତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• krīḍitvā: having played/sported
• krīḍitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: krīḍ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: क्रीड्; अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having played)

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

• su-vistīrṇa-śayana-sthā: lying on a very spacious bed
• su-vistīrṇa-śayana-sthā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vistīrṇa (कृदन्त, √stṛ/स्तृ) + śayana (प्रातिपदिक) + sthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विशेषणसमासः): ‘सुविस्तीर्णं शयनं यस्यां सा/शयने स्थिता’ (lying on a very spacious bed)

• varāṅganā: a beautiful woman
• varāṅganā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varāṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• suptā: asleep
• suptā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √svap (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• viśālākṣī: wide-eyed (woman)
• viśālākṣī: Apposition (Sāmānādhikaraṇya/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśāla (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘विशाले अक्षिणी यस्याः सा’

• hārāvali-vibhūṣitā: adorned with rows of necklaces
• hārāvali-vibhūṣitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāra (प्रातिपदिक) + āvali (प्रातिपदिक) + √bhūṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘विभूषित’, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—‘हारावलिभिः विभूषिता’

• dhūmena: by/with smoke
• dhūmena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• ākulitā: distressed/confused
• ākulitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + √kul (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• dīnā: wretched
• dīnā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• nyapatat: fell down
• nyapatat: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + √pat (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• havyavāhane: in/into the fire (Agni)
• havyavāhane: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: havyavāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘हव्यं वहति इति’ (Agni)

Speaker

Narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A jeweled, wide-eyed woman asleep on a broad couch, necklaces spilling across her chest; smoke coils through a palace chamber as flames surge, and she slips toward a roaring fire.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Tripura (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adornment and pleasure cannot prevent suffering; heedlessness in comfort becomes peril when destiny turns.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is part of the Tripura narrative embedded in the Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears here.