Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तेन निर्दग्धकायेन चाराध्य परमेश्वरम् । अनङ्गेन तथा प्राप्तमङ्गित्वं नर्मदातटे

Transliteration

tena nirdagdhakāyena cārādhya parameśvaram | anaṅgena tathā prāptamaṅgitvaṃ narmadātaṭe

Translation

اس کے بعد، اگرچہ اس کا جسم جل چکا تھا، اننگ نے پرمیشور کی باقاعدہ عبادت کی؛ اور اس طرح، نرمدا کے کنارے پر، اس نے دوبارہ جسمانی شکل حاصل کی۔

Word by Word

• तेन: by him; with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• निर्दग्धकायेन: with (his) burnt body
• निर्दग्धकायेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्दग्ध-काय (प्रातिपदिक; निर्दग्ध + काय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; परम + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अनङ्गेन: by Ananga (Kāma)
• अनङ्गेन: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कामस्य नाम

• तथा: thus; in that way
• तथा: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्राप्तम्: was obtained; came about
• प्राप्तम्: Kriya (Result/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र 'प्राप्तम् (अभवत्)' इति भावः

• अङ्गित्वम्: embodiment; having a body (bodily state)
• अङ्गित्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गि-त्व (प्रातिपदिक; अङ्गिन् + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धितान्त

• नर्मदातटे: on the bank of the Narmadā
• नर्मदातटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा-तट (प्रातिपदिक; नर्मदा + तट)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (narrative exposition of Kāma’s restoration connected to the Narmadā tīrtha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kusumeśvara (Narmadā-taṭa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ananga (Kāma), previously bodiless, performs intense worship before Śiva at the Narmadā bank; a radiant Śiva grants him a renewed body, with the river shimmering as witness.

Characters & Entities

• Anaṅga (Kāma)
• Parameśvara (Śiva)
• Narmadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace can reverse even seemingly irreversible loss; sincere worship at a holy place restores wholeness and dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bank of the Narmadā (Narmadā-taṭa) within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred map.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhanā (devotional worship) of Parameśvara is the stated means for attaining the boon.