Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

न हि विन्दामि पानीयं शोषितं च दिवाकरैः । यावत्कमण्डलुं वीक्षे शुष्कं तत्रापि तज्जलम्

Transliteration

na hi vindāmi pānīyaṃ śoṣitaṃ ca divākaraiḥ | yāvatkamaṇḍaluṃ vīkṣe śuṣkaṃ tatrāpi tajjalam

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าไม่พบแม้แต่น้ำดื่ม—ถูกแสงอาทิตย์แผดเผาจนเหือดแห้ง ครั้นเมื่อมองดูหม้อน้ำกมณฑลุของตน แม้ในนั้นน้ำก็แห้งสิ้นไปแล้ว

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• vindāmi: I find
• vindāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular)

• pānīyam: drinking water
• pānīyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pānīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• śoṣitam: dried up
• śoṣitam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śoṣita (कृदन्त; √śuṣ/śoṣ (शुष्/शोष्))
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying pānīyam)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• divākaraiḥ: by the suns/sunbeams
• divākaraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• yāvat: as long as/when
• yāvat: Sambandha (Temporal relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal/limit adverb: 'as long as/when')

• kamaṇḍalum: water-pot (kamaṇḍalu)
• kamaṇḍalum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamaṇḍalu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• vīkṣe: I look/see
• vīkṣe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īkṣ (ईक्ष्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• śuṣkam: dry
• śuṣkam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuṣka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying kamaṇḍalum)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying jalam)

• jalam: water
• jalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

A first-person narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājasattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A parched landscape under harsh suns; a weary traveler lifts a kamandalu and finds it dry, eyes heavy with thirst.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara (Sun)
• Kamaṇḍalu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even personal resources fail at yuga-anta; the verse intensifies the teaching of impermanence and the necessity of divine shelter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā is the section’s sacred focus, implicitly contrasted with the total drying of waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is prescribed; the kamaṇḍalu reference signals an ascetic context, not a ritual instruction.