Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

कथयामास यद्वृत्तं हनूमन्तेश्वरे नृप । कलापिनी ह्यहं तात युता भर्त्रावसं तदा

Transliteration

kathayāmāsa yadvṛttaṃ hanūmanteśvare nṛpa | kalāpinī hyahaṃ tāta yutā bhartrāvasaṃ tadā

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช นางได้เล่าเหตุการณ์ที่เกิด ณ หะนูมันเตศวรว่า “คุณพ่อเจ้าขา ครั้งนั้นข้าชื่อกาลาปินี อยู่ที่นั่นร่วมกับสามีของข้า”

Word by Word

• कथयामास: narrated
• कथयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (णिच्) < कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘वृत्तम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• वृत्तम्: event/occurrence
• वृत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• हनूमन्तेश्वरे: at Hanūmanteśvara
• हनूमन्तेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनूमन्त + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• कलापिनी: Kalāpinī (name)
• कलापिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलापिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तात: O dear/father
• तात: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• युता: joined/with
• युता: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अहम्/कलापिनी’ इति विशेषणम्

• भर्त्रा: with (my) husband
• भर्त्रा: Sahakaraka (Companion/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अवसम्: I lived/dwelt
• अवसम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Kanyā (princess) (speaking of a past-life identity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmanteśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa) addressed; within story, the father is addressed as ‘tāta’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden begins her account, explicitly naming Hanūmanteśvara and revealing her former identity as Kalāpinī, speaking to her father in an intimate, confessional tone.

Characters & Entities

• Hanūmanteśvara
• Kalāpinī
• bhartṛ (husband)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tirthas are portrayed as karmic crossroads—past deeds and relationships surface, guiding present dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hanūmanteśvara, explicitly named as the place where the decisive past event occurred.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not directly in this verse; it introduces the backstory that explains why asthi-kṣepa is performed at Hanūmanteśvara.