Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

प्रविष्टोऽसौ ततो दुर्गं काननं गिरिगह्वरम् । वल्लीगुल्मसमाकीर्णं स्थितो यत्र न लक्ष्यते

Transliteration

praviṣṭo'sau tato durgaṃ kānanaṃ girigahvaram | vallīgulmasamākīrṇaṃ sthito yatra na lakṣyate

Translation

Então ele entrou numa mata áspera e difícil de transpor — gargantas de montanha e floresta densa — tomada por trepadeiras e moitas, um lugar onde nem quem está de pé se percebe com facilidade.

Word by Word

• praviṣṭaḥ: entered
• praviṣṭaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: praviṣṭa (कृदन्त; प्र-√viś/विश् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोग

• asau: that (he)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Apadana/Time-Sequence (Source/Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (from there/then)

• durgam: a difficult place/fort
• durgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• kānanam: forest
• kānanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• giri-gahvaram: a mountain cavern/gorge
• giri-gahvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri-gahvara (प्रातिपदिक; गिरि + गह्वर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mountain-cave/cleft)

• vallī-gulma-samākīrṇam: filled with creepers and bushes
• vallī-gulma-samākīrṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vallī-gulma-samākīrṇa (प्रातिपदिक; वल्ली + गुल्म + समाकीर्ण)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (सम्-आ-√kṝ/कॄ ‘to scatter/fill’ → समाकीर्ण), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (filled with creepers and shrubs)

• sthitaḥ: stood/remained
• sthitaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā/स्था धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोग

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• lakṣyate: is perceived/is seen
• lakṣyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lakṣ (लक्ष् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: cave

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Citrasena pushes into an almost impenetrable ravine-forest: creepers, thorny shrubs, layered foliage; visibility is so low that a standing person is hard to spot.

Characters & Entities

• Citrasena

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Difficult terrain symbolizes inner obscuration; perseverance through hardship precedes sacred encounter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse describes the approach through the Revā-region wilderness; the tīrtha itself appears in subsequent verses as a divine lake.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive passage of the setting.