Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततस्ते राजपुरुषा विचिन्वन्तस्तमाश्रमम् । संयम्यैनं ततो राज्ञे सर्वान् दस्यून्न्यवेदयन्

Transliteration

tataste rājapuruṣā vicinvantastamāśramam | saṃyamyainaṃ tato rājñe sarvān dasyūnnyavedayan

Translation

ครั้นแล้วคนของพระราชาจึงตรวจค้นอาศรมนั้น และจับกุมเขาไว้ แล้วกราบทูลพระราชาว่าได้พบพวกโจรทั้งหมด (อยู่ที่นั่น)

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kālādhi karaṇa/Krama
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक अव्यय (thereupon)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• राजपुरुषाः: the king's men
• राजपुरुषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (राज्ञः पुरुषाः)

• विचिन्वन्तः: searching
• विचिन्वन्तः: Karta (agent-participle agreeing with subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√चि (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; उपसर्ग: वि

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karman (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karman (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• संयम्य: having seized/restrained
• संयम्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-यम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), धातु: यम् (to restrain/seize), उपसर्ग: सम्

• एनम्: this man/him
• एनम्: Karman (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अनाफोरिक सर्वनाम

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kālādhi karaṇa/Krama
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक अव्यय (then)

• राज्ञे: to the king
• राज्ञे: Sampradāna (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘दस्यून्’)

• दस्यून्: bandits
• दस्यून्: Karman (object; reported)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दस्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• न्यवेदयन्: informed/reported
• न्यवेदयन्: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√विद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: नि (→ न्य-)

Speaker

Deductive: Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (frame listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Royal men scour the hermitage—lifting mats, peering behind huts—then seize/hold the sage while presenting captured bandits to the king’s authority.

Characters & Entities

• rājapuruṣa (royal officers)
• rājā (king)
• dasyu (bandits)
• āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hasty inference can bind the innocent; dharmic governance requires careful investigation beyond appearances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa context sacralizes the region; the āśrama’s sanctity is contrasted with worldly suspicion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concerns royal procedure and the danger of misjudgment.