Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तडागतट उत्सृज्य भूषणान्यङ्गवेष्टकान् । चक्रुः सरसिताः क्रीडां जलमध्यगतास्तदा

Transliteration

taḍāgataṭa utsṛjya bhūṣaṇānyaṅgaveṣṭakān | cakruḥ sarasitāḥ krīḍāṃ jalamadhyagatāstadā

Translation

تالاب کے کنارے کو چھوڑ کر انہوں نے زیور اور بدن کے لپیٹے ہوئے کپڑے الگ رکھ دیے؛ پھر وہ سب پانی کے بیچ میں اتر کر جھیل میں کھیلنے لگیں۔

Word by Word

• तडागतटम्: the pond-bank
• तडागतटम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तडाग-तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तडागस्य तटम् (the bank of the pond)

• उत्सृज्य: having left/abandoned
• उत्सृज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• भूषणानि: ornaments
• भूषणानि: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अङ्गवेष्टकान्: body-wraps/garments
• अङ्गवेष्टकान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग-वेष्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—अङ्गं वेष्टयन्ति इति (body-wrappings/garments)

• चक्रुः: they did/made
• चक्रुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सरसिताः: the (lake-going) maidens
• सरसिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरसित (प्रातिपदिक; सरस् + इत (तद्धित/कृदन्त) ‘connected with water/pond’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (referring to the girls as ‘those in/at the lake’)

• क्रीडाम्: play/sport
• क्रीडाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जलमध्यगताः: having gone into mid-water
• जलमध्यगताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल-मध्य-गत (प्रातिपदिक; गत = √गम् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—जलस्य मध्ये गताः (gone into the middle of the water)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of young women at a pond-bank set aside ornaments and wraps, then wade into the lake’s center, splashing and playing amid lotus leaves; the shoreline recedes behind them.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It depicts immersion in water as a liminal moment—often the narrative gateway in Purāṇas for testing, protection, and the unfolding of divine justice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Revā (Narmadā) sacred region; the pond itself is part of the narrative scene without a named tirtha in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; bathing/entering water appears as narrative action rather than a stated rite.