Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 116
Devanagari script
आगतस्त्वरितो गेहे पिपासार्तो नराधिप । शकटं मोच्य तद्द्वारि सवृषं रज्जुसंयुतम्
Transliteration
āgatastvarito gehe pipāsārto narādhipa | śakaṭaṃ mocya taddvāri savṛṣaṃ rajjusaṃyutam
Translation
اے بادشاہ! پیاس سے بے قرار ہو کر وہ جلدی گھر آیا؛ دروازے پر گاڑی کھول دی، اور بیل رسی کے ساتھ جتا ہی رہا۔
Word by Word
āgataḥhaving come/arrived
āgataḥ:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-gam (धातु) + kta-pratyaya (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
tvaritaḥhurried
tvaritaḥ:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottvarita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
gehein the house
gehe:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative)
pipāsā-ārtaḥdistressed by thirst
pipāsā-ārtaḥ:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpipāsā (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास (pipāsayā ārtaḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
narādhipaO king
narādhipa:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (narāṇām adhipaḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन
śakaṭamthe cart
śakaṭam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśakaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (accusative)
mocyahaving released/removed
mocya:
Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootmuc (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया
tatthat
tat:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
dvāriat the door
dvāri:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative)
sa-vṛṣamtogether with the bull
sa-vṛṣam:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa (उपसर्ग/सह) + vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव (vṛṣena saha); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
rajjusaṃyutambound with a rope
rajjusaṃyutam:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootrajjū (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-तत्पुरुष (rajjvā saṃyutam); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
Speaker
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: narādhipa (king)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A man rushes to his doorway, parched; he unyokes a cart while the bull remains tethered; the threshold becomes the stage for unseen tragedy behind him.
Characters & Entities
K
King (listener, unnamed)G
Govinda (implied)FAQs
It underscores human vulnerability—thirst, haste, and fatigue—often preceding moral tests and life-altering outcomes.
No tīrtha is directly glorified in this verse.
None; this is narrative staging.