Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततः सा कालपर्यायादष्टवर्षा व्यजायत । पूर्वोक्तं चैव तद्वाक्यमशरीरिण्युदीरितम्

Transliteration

tataḥ sā kālaparyāyādaṣṭavarṣā vyajāyata | pūrvoktaṃ caiva tadvākyamaśarīriṇyudīritam

Translation

ครั้นกาลเวลาผ่านไป นางเติบโตจนอายุแปดปี และถ้อยคำเดิมที่เสียงไร้กายเคยกล่าวไว้ ก็ถูกประกาศขึ้นอีกครั้ง

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then) — Indeclinable; temporal adverb

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• काल-पर्यायात्: after the passage of time
• काल-पर्यायात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative (5th), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कालस्य पर्यायः)

• अष्ट-वर्षा: eight years old
• अष्ट-वर्षा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular; द्विगु-समास (अष्ट वर्षाणि यस्याः/या)

• व्यजायत: was born/grew up (came to be)
• व्यजायत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (भूतकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada

• पूर्व-उक्तम्: previously spoken
• पूर्व-उक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; कर्मधारय (पूर्वं उक्तम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and) — Indeclinable; conjunction

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (indeed/just) — Indeclinable; emphatic particle

• तत्-वाक्यम्: that statement
• तत्-वाक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य वाक्यम्)

• अशरीरिण्या: by the bodiless (voice)
• अशरीरिण्या: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशरीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular (used for the disembodied voice)

• उदीरितम्: was uttered
• उदीरितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-ईर् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past passive participle; Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rukmiṇī as an eight-year-old princess in a palace courtyard; above, an unseen divine presence indicated by radiance/ākāśa-vāṇī; attendants and the king react with awe.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine will ripens in time; a prophecy (vāk) is shown as authoritative and inevitable within dharmic history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred region), though this verse itself focuses on narrative prophecy rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it establishes the timing and reaffirmation of a divine pronouncement.