Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

आश्रमे ह्याश्रमान्दिव्यान्कारयामो जितव्रताः । एवमुक्तास्तु ते सर्वे समेतानुचरैः सह

Transliteration

āśrame hyāśramāndivyānkārayāmo jitavratāḥ | evamuktāstu te sarve sametānucaraiḥ saha

Translation

แท้จริงภายในอาศรมนี้ เราจักให้สร้างที่พำนักอาศรมอันเป็นทิพย์—พวกเราผู้มั่นคง ผู้ชนะในวัตรปฏิบัติ ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว คนทั้งปวงก็พร้อมด้วยบริวารมาชุมนุมกัน

Word by Word

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• आश्रमान्: hermitages
• आश्रमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• दिव्यान्: divine, splendid
• दिव्यान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (आश्रमान्)

• कारयामः: we cause to be made / we build
• कारयामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: कारय-) परस्मैपदम्

• जितव्रताः: having mastered vows; self-restrained
• जितव्रताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः (जितं व्रतं येषाम्)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• उक्ताः: having been told
• उक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle: 'having been told')

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रयोग

• समेत: assembled
• समेत: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + इ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle: assembled)

• अनुचरैः: with attendants
• अनुचरैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/करण), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (postposition-like indeclinable: with)

Speaker

Narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā āśrama-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverside clearing where disciplined sages direct attendants to build thatched and wooden hermitages; sacred fire altars are laid out; banyan and other trees shade the site; the community gathers in agreement, tools and palm-leaf plans visible, with the river nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Āśrama (hermitage community)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained through disciplined communities: vow-mastered ascetics establish sanctified spaces (āśramas) around tīrthas for practice and protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā–Narmadā region as a suitable sacred geography for establishing āśramas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is āśrama-nirmāṇa (founding retreats) and vrata-niyama (vow-discipline), though no single rite like snāna or dāna is specified.