Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 122

Devanagari script

द्वावेतौ मुक्तकेशौ तु भूमौ निपतितौ नृप । विलेपाते च राजेन्द्र निःश्वासोच्छ्वासितेन च

Transliteration

dvāvetau muktakeśau tu bhūmau nipatitau nṛpa | vilepāte ca rājendra niḥśvāsocchvāsitena ca

Translation

اے بادشاہ! یہ دونوں کھلے بالوں کے ساتھ زمین پر گرے پڑے ہیں؛ اے راجندر! سانس کے اتار چڑھاؤ سے وہ لتھڑے اور آلودہ ہو گئے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषणम्

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; “these two”

• मुक्तकेशौ: with dishevelled hair
• मुक्तकेशौ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त + केश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; “with loosened hair”

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणम्

• निपतितौ: had fallen
• निपतितौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत् (धातु) → निपतित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; “having fallen/lay fallen”

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• विलेपाते: (there was) smearing/soiling
• विलेपाते: Karta (Co-predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-लिप् (धातु) → विलेपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; “smearing/soiling” (as a state)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• निःश्वासोच्छ्वासितेन: by sighing and heaving breaths
• निःश्वासोच्छ्वासितेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निःश्वास + उच्छ्वासित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (निःश्वासश्च उच्छ्वासितं च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

Speaker

Narrator (context not specified in snippet; likely a dialogue within Revā-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā region (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two figures lie on the ground with hair loosened, bodies dust-smeared; their chests rise and fall with heavy breaths; onlookers stand helpless.

Characters & Entities

• nṛpa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It portrays the raw reality of suffering and impermanence, urging a dharmic, detached understanding of worldly bonds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The snippet sits in the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred region), though no single tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is descriptive narration.