Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

करदास्ते कृतास्तेन सपुत्रबलवाहनाः । प्रधाना तस्य सा राज्ञी तव माता मृगेक्षणे

Transliteration

karadāste kṛtāstena saputrabalavāhanāḥ | pradhānā tasya sā rājñī tava mātā mṛgekṣaṇe

Translation

พระองค์ทรงทำให้พวกเขาเป็นผู้ส่งบรรณาการ พร้อมทั้งบุตร กำลังพล และพาหนะทั้งหลาย โอ้ผู้มีเนตรดุจกวาง นางอัครมเหสีของพระราชานั้นคือมารดาของเจ้า

Word by Word

• करदाः: tribute-payers; tax-givers
• करदाः: Karman (Predicate nominal/कर्म-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘करस्य दाः’ = tribute-payers

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• कृताः: were made
• कृताः: Kriyā (Result state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; predicative passive sense

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• सपुत्रबलवाहनाः: together with sons, forces, and vehicles
• सपुत्रबलवाहनाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह-अर्थ) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक) + वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/बहुपदसमास: ‘पुत्रैः बलैः वाहनैः सह’

• प्रधाना: chief; principal
• प्रधाना: Viśeṣya (Predicate/प्रधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

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

• राज्ञी: queen
• राज्ञी: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (2nd person pronoun)

• माता: mother
• माता: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• मृगेक्षणे: O doe-eyed one
• मृगेक्षणे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक) + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मृगस्य ईक्षणे’ (epithet)

Speaker

Narrator within the Revā-khaṇḍa dialogue

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A princess/young noblewoman (‘mṛgeक्षणे’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Foreign chiefs offering tribute—gold, horses, chariots—before the king; behind him the chief queen seated, signifying dynastic continuity; the addressed ‘doe-eyed’ daughter implied.

Characters & Entities

• Vasu
• Queen (mother of the addressed woman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It portrays ordered kingship: conquest culminates not in chaos but in regulated allegiance and stable queenship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) region is the larger sacred frame, though the verse itself is dynastic narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is historical/royal description.