Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 62
Devanagari script
विचारयन्तौ सततं तिष्ठाते तौ दिवानिशम् । ततो ह्यावां प्रणामान्ते यमेन यममूर्तिना
Transliteration
vicārayantau satataṃ tiṣṭhāte tau divāniśam | tato hyāvāṃ praṇāmānte yamena yamamūrtinā
Translation
Непрестанно размышляя, те двое пребывали там день и ночь. Затем, по завершении нашего простирания, Яма —воплощение своей должности— обратился к нам.
Word by Word
विचारयन्तौ(the two) deliberating/considering
विचारयन्तौ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-चर् (धातु) → विचारयत् (कृदन्त, शतृ)
Formवर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः; English: present active participle, masculine nominative dual
सततम्always, continually
सततम्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसतत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण); English: indeclinable adverb
तिष्ठाते(they two) stand/remain
तिष्ठाते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formलट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; English: present indicative, 3rd person dual, middle voice
तौthose two
तौ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; English: pronoun, masculine nominative dual
दिवाby day
दिवा:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदिव्/दिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक); English: indeclinable (by day)
निशम्by night
निशम्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनिशा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययप्रयोग (कालवाचक, accusative used adverbially); English: indeclinable/adverbial use ‘by night’
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Hetu/Anantarya (हेतु/अनन्तर्य)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (तस्मात्/ततः = ‘then/from there’); English: indeclinable adverb
हिindeed, for
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic/causal particle); English: particle ‘indeed/for’
आवाम्we two
आवाम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुष; द्विवचन; द्वितीया (2nd) / प्रायः कर्तृ-प्रयोगे ‘we two’; English: 1st person pronoun dual (accusative form used for ‘we two’)
प्रणाम-अन्तेat the end of (our) obeisance
प्रणाम-अन्ते:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रणाम (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/तत्पुरुषसमासः (प्रणामस्य अन्तः); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग ‘अन्त’; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; English: locative singular ‘at the end of salutation’
यमेनby Yama
यमेन:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; English: masculine instrumental singular
यम-मूर्तिनाin the form of Yama
यम-मूर्तिना:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यमस्य मूर्तिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग ‘मूर्ति’; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; English: instrumental singular ‘with Yama-form’
Speaker
Narrator in first-person dual (two travelers/observers within the story; exact identities not in snippet)
Characters & Entities
Y
YamaFAQs
The ceaseless inquiry into deeds highlights vigilance of dharma and the seriousness of ethical living.
None; the setting remains Yama’s realm and its administrative process.
Only the act of praṇāma (prostration/salutation) is referenced, without a broader ritual injunction.