Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शबरी शाबराय वै । कथयामास चाव्यग्रा स्त्रीवाक्यं नृपसत्तम

Transliteration

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā śabarī śābarāya vai | kathayāmāsa cāvyagrā strīvākyaṃ nṛpasattama

Translation

तस्याः स्त्रियाः वचनं श्रुत्वा शबरी शाबराय वै। अव्यग्रा कथयामास स्त्रीवाक्यं नृपसत्तम॥

Word by Word

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vacanam: speech/words
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• śabarī: Śabarī
• śabarī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śabarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

• śābarāya: to Śābara
• śābarāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śābara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

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

• kathayāmāsa: told/narrated
• kathayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग) + √as (धातु) (परिप्रयोग: periphrastic perfect)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• avyagrā: undistracted/calm
• avyagrā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + vyagra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (not distracted)

• strī-vākyam: the woman's statement
• strī-vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक) + vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्त्रियाः वाक्यम्)

• nṛpa-sattama: O best of kings
• nṛpa-sattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे संबोधन (श्रेष्ठो नृपः)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a king as listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpasattama (king, as the text’s addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śabarī, having heard the woman, turns and reports the message to a Śabara elder/leader; the king is addressed indirectly as the narrative audience.

Characters & Entities

• Śabarī
• Śabara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge should be shared promptly and faithfully; dharma spreads through attentive listening and truthful reporting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa setting continues in the background; this verse focuses on narration and transmission.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is prescribed here; it supports the Ekādaśī teaching by relaying it onward.