Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तस्य स्वाहाभवत्पत्नी स्मृता दाक्षायणी तु सा । तस्यां मुख्या महाराज त्रयः पुत्रास्तदाऽभवन्

Transliteration

tasya svāhābhavatpatnī smṛtā dākṣāyaṇī tu sā | tasyāṃ mukhyā mahārāja trayaḥ putrāstadā'bhavan

Translation

พระชายาของท่านคือสวาหา ผู้เป็นที่ระลึกว่าเป็นธิดาของทักษะ คือทักษายณี โอ้มหาราช จากมุขยะนั้นในกาลนั้นได้บังเกิดโอรสสามองค์

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — Genitive singular (pronoun)

• स्वाहा: Svāhā
• स्वाहा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• अभवत्: became, was
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — 3rd sg; परस्मैपद

• पत्नी: wife
• पत्नी: Pratipadyartha (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• स्मृता: known as, remembered as
• स्मृता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) → स्मृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘remembered/known as’

• दाक्षायणी: Dākṣāyaṇī
• दाक्षायणी: Pratipadyartha (Appositional predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाक्षायणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative singular (apposition)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle), अव्यय

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative singular (pronoun)

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular

• मुख्याः: chief
• मुख्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — Nominative plural; विशेषण

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — Nominative plural; संख्याविशेषण

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अभवन्: were, came to be
• अभवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन — 3rd pl; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (mahārāja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni, flame-crowned, stands beside Svāhā—graceful, holding a ladle/oblation bowl—while three luminous child-fires are suggested as emanations.

Characters & Entities

• Svāhā
• Dakṣa
• Mukhya (Agni/Vahni)
• Mahārāja (listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma is transmitted through sacred lineages, framing later accounts of tīrtha power and sin-removal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the genealogical setup leading toward Viśalyā’s māhātmya rather than describing a site directly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it establishes relationships (Svāhā, Dakṣa, Agni) foundational to the forthcoming narrative.