Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे देवो वासुकिस्त्वरयान्वितः । रूपेणाजगरेणैव प्रविष्टो नर्मदाजलम्

Transliteration

ityuktvāntardadhe devo vāsukistvarayānvitaḥ | rūpeṇājagareṇaiva praviṣṭo narmadājalam

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว เทวะก็อันตรธานหายไป; วาสุกีรีบเร่ง แปลงกายเป็นงูใหญ่ แล้วลงสู่สายน้ำนรมทา

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• अन्तर्दधे: disappeared
• अन्तर्दधे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्-धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• देवः: the god (Śiva)
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वासुकिः: Vāsuki
• वासुकिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुकि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वरया: with haste
• त्वरया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• अन्वितः: endowed/possessed
• अन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अनु-इ धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• रूपेण: in the form
• रूपेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अजगरेण: of a python
• अजगरेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• प्रविष्टः: entered
• प्रविष्टः: Karta (Agent as participle-subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• नर्मदाजलम्: the waters of the Narmadā
• नर्मदाजलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नर्मदायाः जलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate continuation in 100.1 and ongoing narration to the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-jala (snāna-praveśa)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After Śiva’s instruction, Vāsuki swiftly disappears and plunges into Narmadā as a massive serpent; the water ripples around his coiling form.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsuki
• Narmadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine beings sanctify tīrthas through their presence and actions, revealing the hidden sacred power of holy waters like the Narmadā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā river region within the Revā Khaṇḍa, preparing the ground for the Nāga/Śiva-related tīrtha praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it narrates Vāsuki’s entry into the Narmadā as part of the tīrtha’s sanctifying legend.