Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

कं पश्ये प्राङ्गणे पुत्रं दृष्ट्वा क्रीडन्तमातुरम् । संधारयिष्ये हृदयं स्फुटितं तव कारणे

Transliteration

kaṃ paśye prāṅgaṇe putraṃ dṛṣṭvā krīḍantamāturam | saṃdhārayiṣye hṛdayaṃ sphuṭitaṃ tava kāraṇe

Translation

เมื่อได้เห็นเจ้าแล้ว ในลานเรือนเราจะเห็นผู้ใดเป็นบุตร—เล่นอย่างกระสับกระส่าย—ได้อีก? หัวใจของเราที่แตกสลายเพราะเจ้า จะประคองไว้ได้อย่างไร

Word by Word

• कम्: whom
• कम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• पश्ये: do I see
• पश्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• प्राङ्गणे: in the courtyard
• प्राङ्गणे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राङ्गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणम्

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त: “having seen”

• क्रीडन्तम्: playing
• क्रीडन्तम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु) → क्रीडन्त् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; पुत्रम् प्रति

• आतुरम्: distressed / afflicted
• आतुरम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आतुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; पुत्रम् प्रति

• संधारयिष्ये: shall I sustain / hold together
• संधारयिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• स्फुटितम्: broken / split
• स्फुटितम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फुटित (प्रातिपदिक; स्फुट्-धातुजन्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; हृदयम् प्रति

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• कारणे: because of / on account of
• कारणे: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; हेतौ/निमित्ते (locative of cause)

Speaker

A grieving parent (likely father/mother addressing the son; exact attribution not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bereaved parent speaks toward the empty courtyard, imagining the child playing; the speaker clutches the chest as if holding a shattered heart together.

Characters & Entities

• putra (son)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights the pain born of attachment, implicitly pointing toward steadiness of heart through dharma and spiritual insight.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; the broader frame is the Revā (Narmadā) sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an emotional lament within the narrative.