Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 116

Devanagari script

आगतस्त्वरितो गेहे पिपासार्तो नराधिप । शकटं मोच्य तद्द्वारि सवृषं रज्जुसंयुतम्

Transliteration

āgatastvarito gehe pipāsārto narādhipa | śakaṭaṃ mocya taddvāri savṛṣaṃ rajjusaṃyutam

Translation

ஓ நராதிபா! தாகத்தால் வாடி அவன் விரைந்து வீட்டிற்கு வந்து, வாசலில் வண்டியை அவிழ்த்தான்; ஆனால் காளை கயிற்றால் கட்டப்பட்டபடியே இருந்தது.

Word by Word

• āgataḥ: having come/arrived
• āgataḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-gam (धातु) + kta-pratyaya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tvaritaḥ: hurried
• tvaritaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvarita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• gehe: in the house
• gehe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative)

• pipāsā-ārtaḥ: distressed by thirst
• pipāsā-ārtaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pipāsā (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास (pipāsayā ārtaḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• narādhipa: O king
• narādhipa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (narāṇām adhipaḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• śakaṭam: the cart
• śakaṭam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (accusative)

• mocya: having released/removed
• mocya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• dvāri: at the door
• dvāri: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative)

• sa-vṛṣam: together with the bull
• sa-vṛṣam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/सह) + vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (vṛṣena saha); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• rajjusaṃyutam: bound with a rope
• rajjusaṃyutam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rajjū (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (rajjvā saṃyutam); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A man rushes to his doorway, parched; he unyokes a cart while the bull remains tethered; the threshold becomes the stage for unseen tragedy behind him.

Characters & Entities

• King (listener, unnamed)
• Govinda (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It underscores human vulnerability—thirst, haste, and fatigue—often preceding moral tests and life-altering outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly glorified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is narrative staging.