Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

उच्चैःश्रवं हयं दृष्ट्वा मनोवेगसमन्वितम् । पश्य पश्य हि तन्वङ्गी हयं सर्वत्र पाण्डुरम्

Transliteration

uccaiḥśravaṃ hayaṃ dṛṣṭvā manovegasamanvitam | paśya paśya hi tanvaṅgī hayaṃ sarvatra pāṇḍuram

Translation

ครั้นเห็นม้าอุจไฉศรวัส ผู้มีความเร็วดุจใจ นางก็ร้องว่า “ดูเถิด ดูเถิด โอ้ผู้มีองค์อ่อนช้อย ม้านี้ขาวผ่องไปทั่วทุกส่วน!”

Word by Word

• uccaiḥśravam: Uccaiḥśravas (the divine horse)
• uccaiḥśravam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uccaiḥśravas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); अश्वविशेष-नाम

• hayam: horse
• hayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• manovega-samanvitam: endowed with the speed of mind
• manovega-samanvitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mano (प्रातिपदिक) + vega (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); मनोवेगेन समन्वितम् इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः

• paśya: see!
• paśya: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• paśya: look!
• paśya: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम् (पुनरुक्ति-बलार्थ)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (indeed/for)

• tanvaṅgī: O slender-limbed (woman)
• tanvaṅgī: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅgī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); तन्वङ्गी = तनूनि अङ्गानि यस्याः (बहुव्रीहिः)

• hayam: the horse
• hayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sarvatra: everywhere
• sarvatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• pāṇḍuram: pale, white
• pāṇḍuram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāṇḍura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narration by Mārkaṇḍeya (direct speech begins)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant white celestial horse, Uccaiḥśravas, streaks across the sky/landscape with luminous mane; one woman points in astonishment, calling the other to look, her excitement vivid.

Characters & Entities

• Uccaiḥśravas
• haya (horse)
• Vinatā
• Kadrū

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The scene introduces how perception and speech can become the seed of conflict—setting up a lesson on truthfulness and consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is mythic narrative content within the Revā-khaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.