Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

स त्यक्त्वा पुत्रदारांश्च सुहृद्बन्धुपरिग्रहान् । चचार मौनमास्थाय तपः कम्बुर्महामतिः

Transliteration

sa tyaktvā putradārāṃśca suhṛdbandhuparigrahān | cacāra maunamāsthāya tapaḥ kamburmahāmatiḥ

Translation

เขาละทิ้งบุตรและภรรยา ตลอดจนความยึดติดในมิตรและญาติทั้งปวง แล้วกัมพุผู้มีปัญญาใหญ่ตั้งมั่นในพรตมุนะและบำเพ็ญตบะ

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• पुत्रदारान्: sons and wife
• पुत्रदारान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + दार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुहृद्बन्धुपरिग्रहान्: attachments/possessions of friends and relatives
• सुहृद्बन्धुपरिग्रहान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) + परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुहृदां बन्धूनां परिग्रहान् इति); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• चचार: he practiced/went about
• चचार: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• मौनम्: silence (vow of silence)
• मौनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आस्थाय: having undertaken/adopted
• आस्थाय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कम्बुः: Kambu (proper name)
• कम्बुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्बु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महामतिः: great-minded, very wise
• महामतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-field (general)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kambu turns away from household life—sons, wife, kin and friends—walking into a quiet forested riverbank landscape, adopting a vow of silence and austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Kambu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner transformation is portrayed as beginning with detachment and disciplined tapas, which can redirect even an asura’s destiny toward a sacred outcome.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kambukeśvara, whose origin-glory is being prepared through Kambu’s austerities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mauna (vow of silence) and tapas (austerity) as ascetic disciplines.