Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा स जगामैव दुर्वासाः स्वाश्रमं तदा

Transliteration

ityuktvā sa jagāmaiva durvāsāḥ svāśramaṃ tadā

Translation

ਇਉਂ ਕਹਿ ਕੇ ਦੁਰਵਾਸਾ ਮੁਨੀ ਤਦ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਆਸ਼੍ਰਮ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਹੀ ਚਲਾ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having said’

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

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic/indeed)

• दुर्वासाः: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition to सः

• स्व-आश्रमम्: his own hermitage
• स्व-आश्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (स्वः आश्रमः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (then)

Speaker

Narrator (Ayodhyāmāhātmya frame; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa—traditionally Brahmā to Nārada)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā, staff and kamaṇḍalu in hand, turns from the hermitage threshold and walks into a forest path; the ashram remains still, with a faint aura of tapas lingering.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives often highlight the disciplined rhythm of āśrama-life and the authority of sages’ movements and decisions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader glorification remains Ayodhyā, though this verse is a narrative transition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it records the sage’s departure to his āśrama.