Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

षड्विंशच्च सहस्राणि वर्षाणां मानुषाणि च । तत्राश्चर्यं मया दृष्टमृषीणां वसतां नृप

Transliteration

ṣaḍviṃśacca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāṇi ca | tatrāścaryaṃ mayā dṛṣṭamṛṣīṇāṃ vasatāṃ nṛpa

Translation

และเมื่อคำนวณแล้ว เท่ากับยี่สิบหกพันปีของมนุษย์ ข้าแต่พระราชา ณ ที่นั้นข้าพเจ้าได้เห็นอัศจรรย์เกี่ยวกับเหล่าฤๅษีผู้พำนักอยู่

Word by Word

• षड्विंशत्: twenty-six
• षड्विंशत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षड् (प्रातिपदिक) + विंशति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय संख्याशब्दः; द्विगु-समासः (षट् + विंशतिः = 26)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-नाम

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मानुषाणि: human
• मानुषाणि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; वर्षाणाम् इति विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक; ‘there’)

• आश्चर्यम्: a wonder, marvel
• आश्चर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘seen’

• ऋषीणाम्: of sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वसताम्: dwelling, residing
• वसताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ऋषीणाम् इति विशेषणम्—‘dwelling’

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing a King (nṛpa) within Revā Khaṇḍa; exact named speaker not in snippet

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-figure gestures toward a riverside hermitage where sages remain luminous and unaging; a subtle overlay shows a celestial abacus/wheel converting divine years into human years; the king listens in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis (sages)
• Narmadā/Revā
• Nṛpa (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life near a great tīrtha is portrayed as extraordinary—time, experience, and spiritual phenomena take on a ‘marvelous’ Purāṇic dimension.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā–Narmadā region where sages reside, implying its exceptional sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse sets up a narrative of wonder tied to tīrtha-vāsa.