Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

दूतं वै प्रेषयाम्यद्य वसुराज्ञः समीपतः । आहूतः सत्वरं दूत गच्छ त्वं नृपसन्निधौ

Transliteration

dūtaṃ vai preṣayāmyadya vasurājñaḥ samīpataḥ | āhūtaḥ satvaraṃ dūta gaccha tvaṃ nṛpasannidhau

Translation

“วันนี้เราจะส่งทูตไปเฝ้าพระเจ้าวสุราชา” ครั้นเรียกทูตมาแล้ว นางกล่าวว่า “ทูตเอ๋ย จงรีบไป เข้าเฝ้าพระราชาโดยพลัน”

Word by Word

• दूतम्: a messenger
• दूतम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative); एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/particle (emphasis/assertion)

• प्रेषयामि: I send
• प्रेषयामि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: preṣ (धातु; प्रेषयति causative from iṣ/प्रेष्)
• Form: लट् (Present); परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• वसुराज्ञः: of King Vasu
• वसुराज्ञः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasu-rājan (प्रातिपदिक; vasu + rājan)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive); एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वसूनां राजा/वसुराजः)

• समीपतः: from the vicinity
• समीपतः: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samīpatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (ablatival adverb: 'from near')

• आहूतः: having been summoned
• आहूतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/apposition to implied 'tvam'/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-hūta (कृदन्त; ā+hvā धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• दूत: O messenger
• दूत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन

• नृपसन्निधौ: in the king's presence
• नृपसन्निधौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa-sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक; nṛpa + sannidhi)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative); एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (नृपस्य सन्निधिः)

Speaker

The queen (unnamed here) speaking to a messenger

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā crossing locale (implicit)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The queen calls a messenger, giving urgent instructions to go to King Vasu; attendants and court setting, with a sense of haste and restrained emotion.

Characters & Entities

• Vasu
• Dūta (messenger)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It shows decisive action within worldly life—communication and duty proceed even amid inner turmoil.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Revā-khaṇḍa’s Narmadā-region narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.