Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

धान्येन वसुना वापि कमलानि समानय । भानुमत्या वचः श्रुत्वा गता सा शबरं प्रति

Transliteration

dhānyena vasunā vāpi kamalāni samānaya | bhānumatyā vacaḥ śrutvā gatā sā śabaraṃ prati

Translation

“จงนำดอกบัวมา แม้ต้องแลกด้วยข้าวเปลือกหรือทรัพย์สินก็ตาม” ครั้นนางภานุมตีตรัสดังนี้ นางทาสีก็ไปหาชบระ

Word by Word

• धान्येन: with grain
• धान्येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• वसुना: with wealth
• वसुना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; समुच्चय/अपि (also/even)

• कमलानि: lotuses
• कमलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• समानय: collect/bring together
• समानय: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भानुमत्या: by Bhānumatī
• भानुमत्या: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ-निर्देश (by Bhānumatī)

• वचः: the words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• गता: went
• गता: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (went)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शबरम्: to the Śabara (tribesman)
• शबरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शबर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Adhikaraṇa/Direction (अधिकरण/दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: दिशार्थे अव्यय (towards)

Speaker

Rājñī Bhānumatī (named here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The queen’s instruction includes paying with grain or wealth; the maid departs from the palace toward a forest-edge dwelling of a Śabara to obtain lotuses/flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānumatī
• Śabara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Resources like grain and wealth are dharmic when used to support offerings and sacred service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the narrative operates within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Procuring offering-materials (kamala) through legitimate exchange (grain/wealth) for worship.