Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

किं तस्यावभृथं त्वासीत्तत्सर्वं वद विस्तरात् । त्वद्वाक्यामृतपानेन तृप्तिर्मम न विद्यते

Transliteration

kiṃ tasyāvabhṛthaṃ tvāsīttatsarvaṃ vada vistarāt | tvadvākyāmṛtapānena tṛptirmama na vidyate

Translation

แล้วอวภฤถะ—สรงน้ำปิดพิธีนั้น—เป็นอย่างไร? โปรดกล่าวทั้งหมดโดยพิสดารเถิด แม้ดื่มน้ำอมฤตแห่งวาจาของท่านแล้ว ความอิ่มเอมของข้ายังไม่บังเกิด

Word by Word

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• avabhṛtham: the concluding bath (avabhṛtha)
• avabhṛtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avabhṛtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• tvā: you
• tvā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• āsīt: was
• āsīt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/लङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम—विशेषणरूपेण

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• vada: tell/say
• vada: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (वद् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• vistarāt: in detail
• vistarāt: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्तम् (ablatival adverb) — ‘विस्तरेण/विस्तरात्’

• tvad-vākya-amṛta-pānena: by drinking the nectar of your words
• tvad-vākya-amṛta-pānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक) + vākya (प्रातिपदिक) + amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + pāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (बहुपद) — ‘त्वदीयवाक्यरूपामृतस्य पानेन’

• tṛptiḥ: satisfaction
• tṛptiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• mama: of me/my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• vidyate: is found/exists
• vidyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम् (विद्यते)

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) (contextual avabhṛtha waters)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The listener begs for details of the avabhṛtha bath of the grand rite, confessing that even ‘nectar of your words’ does not satiate him.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Avabhṛtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble inquiry and attentive listening are themselves devotional disciplines that deepen understanding of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa context implies sacred waters and tīrthas, but the verse asks generally about the avabhṛtha of the rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avabhṛtha—the ceremonial concluding bath that seals the completion of a yajña.