Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तिष्ठते मृगरूपेण मृगयूथचरस्तदा । दिनान्ते च दिनान्ते च मातापित्रोः समीपगः

Transliteration

tiṣṭhate mṛgarūpeṇa mṛgayūthacarastadā | dinānte ca dinānte ca mātāpitroḥ samīpagaḥ

Translation

Ele permanecia na forma de cervo e então se movia entre as manadas de cervos. Ao fim de cada dia, aproximava-se de sua mãe e de seu pai.

Word by Word

• तिष्ठते: stands/remains
• तिष्ठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मृगरूपेण: in the form of a deer
• मृगरूपेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—मृगरूपेण = मृगस्य रूपेण (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• मृगयूथचरः: one who moves with a herd of deer
• मृगयूथचरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक) + यूथ (प्रातिपदिक) + चर (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—मृगयूथचरः = मृगयूथे चरः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

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

• दिनान्ते: at day’s end
• दिनान्ते: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—दिनान्ते = दिनस्य अन्ते (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coordination particle)

• दिनान्ते: at day’s end
• दिनान्ते: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coordination particle)

• मातापित्रोः: of (his) mother and father
• मातापित्रोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समासः (माता + पिता); द्विवचनार्थे समासः, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• समीपगः: staying near
• समीपगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समीप (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—समीपगः = समीपे गः/गतः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate narrative context in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra forest-āśrama zone (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A youth in deer-form among a herd at dusk; the herd grazes near a forest edge while, at day’s end, the deer approaches an austere hermitage where elderly parents sit; the moment is tender and reverential.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛkṣaśṛṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid forest-life and unusual circumstances, reverence and closeness to parents is upheld as dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mandāraka forest region within Revā Khaṇḍa, presented as a spiritually charged wilderness-āśrama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes conduct—regular returning to honor one’s parents.