Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

क्षुत्तृषाप्रतिघातार्थं स्तनौ मे त्वं पिबस्व ह । पयोऽमृताश्रयं दिव्यं तत्पीत्वा निर्वृतो भव

Transliteration

kṣuttṛṣāpratighātārthaṃ stanau me tvaṃ pibasva ha | payo'mṛtāśrayaṃ divyaṃ tatpītvā nirvṛto bhava

Translation

ఆకలి మరియు దాహాన్ని తీర్చుకోవడానికి నా స్తన్యమును త్రాగుము. ఈ దివ్యమైన పాలు అమృతంతో సమానము; దీనిని త్రాగి నీవు తృప్తి చెందు.

Word by Word

• क्षुत्: hunger
• क्षुत्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रातिपदिक (in compound)

• तृषा: thirst
• तृषा: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रातिपदिक (in compound)

• प्रतिघात: warding off / counteracting
• प्रतिघात: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिघात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रातिपदिक (in compound)

• अर्थम्: for the purpose
• अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः: क्षुत्-तृषा-प्रतिघात-अर्थम् (purpose of counteracting hunger and thirst)

• स्तनौ: (my) two breasts
• स्तनौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पिबस्व: drink
• पिबस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphatic particle)

• पयः: milk
• पयः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• अमृत: nectar / immortality
• अमृत: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रातिपदिक (in compound)

• आश्रयम्: having nectar as its essence
• आश्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः: अमृत-आश्रयम् (having nectar as its basis/abode)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• निर्वृतः: satisfied / at peace
• निर्वृतः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्वृत (प्रातिपदिक) [नि-√वृत्/वृ (धातु) से निष्पन्न]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भव: become
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Revā/Narmadā (maternal, nourishing aspect)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate divine mother-figure offers her breasts to a weakened brāhmaṇa amid cosmic waters, describing her milk as divine, nectar-based nourishment that grants peace.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Amṛta (nectar)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred is not only transcendent but also nurturing—divine grace sustains body and spirit, removing distress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā is praised as a life-giving tīrtha whose sanctity is likened to amṛta.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No public rite is prescribed; it is a mythic motif of receiving divine sustenance (grace) to overcome hunger and thirst.