Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एतच्छ्रुत्वा स वचनं जननीमभिवाद्य ताम् । प्रतिज्ञामकरोद्यां तां शृणुष्व च नराधिप

Transliteration

etacchrutvā sa vacanaṃ jananīmabhivādya tām | pratijñāmakarodyāṃ tāṃ śṛṇuṣva ca narādhipa

Translation

เมื่อได้ยินคำเหล่านั้น เขาจึงกราบมารดา แล้วตั้งสัตยาธิษฐาน ข้าแต่พระราชา ขอจงฟังคำปฏิญาณที่เขาได้ลั่นวาจาไว้เถิด

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Pronoun, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — Absolutive: ‘having heard’

• सः: he
• सः: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Pronoun, Nominative (1st), Singular

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• जननीम्: mother
• जननीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• अभिवाद्य: having saluted
• अभिवाद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वाद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — Absolutive: ‘having saluted’

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Pronoun, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• प्रतिज्ञाम्: a vow
• प्रतिज्ञाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• अकरोत्: made
• अकरोत्: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperfect/Past, 3rd person singular

• याम्: which
• याम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Relative pronoun, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karman (Correlative object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Demonstrative pronoun, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Imperative: ‘listen’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक — Indeclinable conjunction ‘and’

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Skanda narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā sacred tract)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The son bows to his mother with folded hands; behind them the riverbank and the fallen father. The moment is quiet but charged—an inward ignition before the vow is spoken.

Characters & Entities

• Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• Mother (Reṇukā implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to one’s mother and steadfastness in a vowed duty (pratijñā) are presented as powerful forces shaping dharma and destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is a narrative prelude; the later verses in the same passage move toward Samantapañcaka and its famed blood-filled lakes (rudhira-hrada).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it introduces the vow that will lead to acts culminating in pitṛ-tarpaṇa described shortly after.