Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

चतुर्भुजाय दातव्या वागुवाचाशरीरिणी । भीष्मकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा दमघोषोऽब्रवीदिदम्

Transliteration

caturbhujāya dātavyā vāguvācāśarīriṇī | bhīṣmakasya vacaḥ śrutvā damaghoṣo'bravīdidam

Translation

“นางพึงมอบแก่ผู้มีสี่กร” ดังนี้เป็นสุรเสียงไร้กาย ครั้นดมโฆษได้สดับถ้อยคำของภีษมกแล้ว จึงกล่าวดังนี้ว่า

Word by Word

• चतुर्भुजाय: to Caturbhuja (the four-armed one)
• चतुर्भुजाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (चत्वारः भुजाः यस्य सः) used as proper epithet; dative of recipient

• दातव्या: is to be given / must be given
• दातव्या: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दातव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; obligation/passive gerundive agreeing with 'वाक्'

• वाक्: a voice / speech
• वाक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अशरीरिणी: bodiless
• अशरीरिणी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-शरीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण of 'वाक्'

• भीष्मकस्य: of Bhīṣmaka
• भीष्मकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वचः: the words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययभाव-क्त्वा (gerund), 'having heard'

• दमघोषः: Damaghoṣa
• दमघोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दमघोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (भूतकाल/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Damaghoṣa’s reply after Bhīṣmaka cites the prophecy)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the palace hall, an unseen celestial voice resounds; courtiers look upward in astonishment; the king and guest pause, absorbing the command ‘to the four-armed one’.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣmaka
• Damaghoṣa
• aśarīriṇī vāk (bodiless voice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine indications are treated as decisive in dharmic choices, especially in matters like marriage and lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the verse continues the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It reiterates the directive of giving the maiden in marriage to the ‘four-armed’ one; no ritual procedure is detailed.