Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच । अपवित्रो मया भद्रे स्वप्नो दृष्टोऽद्य वै निशि । सक्लेदं तत्र मे वस्त्रं निक्षिप्तं तन्न दृश्यते

Transliteration

yājñavalkya uvāca | apavitro mayā bhadre svapno dṛṣṭo'dya vai niśi | sakledaṃ tatra me vastraṃ nikṣiptaṃ tanna dṛśyate

Translation

యాజ్ఞవల్క్యుడు పలికెను— “భద్రే, ఈ రాత్రి నేను అపవిత్ర స్వప్నం చూచితిని. అందుచేత తడిసిన నా వస్త్రాన్ని అక్కడ ఉంచితిని; ఇప్పుడు అది కనబడుటలేదు.”

Word by Word

• yājñavalkyaḥ: Yājñavalkya
• yājñavalkyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yājñavalkya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• apavitraḥ: impure
• apavitraḥ: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apavitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (predicate adjective)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental: 'by me')

• bhadre: O auspicious lady
• bhadre: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• svapnaḥ: a dream
• svapnaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svapna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dṛṣṭaḥ: seen
• dṛṣṭaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dṛś (दृश्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे (seen)

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (today)

• vai: indeed
• vai: None (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• niśi: at night
• niśi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• sakledam: wet/damp
• sakledam: Karma (Object complement/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-kleda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: स (सहित) + क्लेद (wetness) = 'with wetness'

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (genitive) / चतुर्थी (dative) एकवचन; here: षष्ठी 'my'

• vastram: cloth/garment
• vastram: Karta (Subject in passive/कर्मकर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here: subject of passive 'is not seen')

• nikṣiptam: placed/kept
• nikṣiptam: Kriya (Predicate participle/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-√kṣip (क्षिप्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'having been placed'

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject in passive/कर्मकर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (pronoun: 'that')

• na: not
• na: None (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• dṛśyate: is seen/appears
• dṛśyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense: 'is seen')

Speaker

Yājñavalkya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha ambit

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yājñavalkya speaks plainly: he saw an impure dream at night, set aside a damp garment, and now cannot find it; the scene carries quiet dread of ritual fault.

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Tāpasī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity-minded discipline includes acknowledging impurity and taking corrective steps rather than concealing it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned explicitly in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied purity practice: setting aside a garment associated with impurity; the explicit rule-context appears earlier (night bathing restriction).