Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

गते चादर्शनं तत्र सोऽपि बालो महाग्रहः । विचिन्तयन्वै पितरं क्रोधेन कलुषीकृतः

Transliteration

gate cādarśanaṃ tatra so'pi bālo mahāgrahaḥ | vicintayanvai pitaraṃ krodhena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ

Translation

ସେ ଯାଇ ସେଠାରେ ଅଦୃଶ୍ୟ ହେଲାପରେ, ସେଇ ଯୁବ ମହାଗ୍ରହ ମଧ୍ୟ ପିତାଙ୍କୁ ଚିନ୍ତା କରିଲା; କ୍ରୋଧରେ ତାହାର ମନ କଳୁଷିତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) सति-सप्तमी; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; 'गते' = when (he) had gone

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• अदर्शनम्: disappearance/non-visibility
• अदर्शनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक (also/even)

• बालः: the boy
• बालः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महाग्रहः: the great graha (powerful planet-being)
• महाग्रहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ग्रह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् ग्रहः)

• विचिन्तयन्: thinking/pondering
• विचिन्तयन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• क्रोधेन: with anger/by anger
• क्रोधेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कलुषीकृतः: tainted/made impure
• कलुषीकृतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कलुषी-कृ (धातु; नामधातु/कृ with उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'कलुषीकृत' = made impure/tainted

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After Śani vanishes, a powerful youthful graha-child stands alone, eyes narrowed, brooding on his father; a shadowy aura gathers around his head, signaling anger-clouded mind.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāgraha
• Father (pitṛ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger (krodha) stains the mind and drives harmful resolve; purity of thought is central to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa’s wider Narmadā sacred landscape frames the story, but no single tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes an inner moral state—anger-induced impurity.