Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा देवराजेन मदनेन समं तदा । जग्मुरप्सरसः सर्वा वसन्तश्च महीपते

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | ityuktvā devarājena madanena samaṃ tadā | jagmurapsarasaḥ sarvā vasantaśca mahīpate

Translation

มารกัณฑेयกล่าวว่า: “เมื่อเทวราชตรัสดังนี้แล้ว ข้าแต่มหาราช เหล่าอัปสราทั้งปวงก็ออกเดินทางไปพร้อมกับมทนะ (กาม) และฤดูวสันต์ด้วย”

Word by Word

• मार्कण्डेयः: Mārkaṇḍeya
• मार्कण्डेयः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyopasaṃhāra (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √वच् (धातु) → उक्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययभावे क्त्वान्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• देवराजेन: by the king of gods (Indra)
• देवराजेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + राज (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्तृ), एकवचन

• मदनेन: with Madana (Cupid)
• मदनेन: Sahakārī (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समम्: together
• समम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) = 'together/equally'

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• अप्सरसः: apsarases
• अप्सरसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (अप्सरसः)

• वसन्तः: Spring
• वसन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महीपते: O king
• महीपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + पति (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (mahīpate)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya narrates as the celestial troupe—apsarases with Madana and Vasanta—sets out from a jeweled court, moving toward the blue Himalayas.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Indra (Devarāja)
• Madana (Kāma)
• Vasanta (Spring)
• Apsarases

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual trials can be orchestrated by powerful forces; the narrative frames temptation as a coordinated challenge to virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse transitions the story toward Gandhamādana; it does not itself praise a particular Revā tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative movement indicating the departure of the apsarases with Kāma and Spring.