Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

प्रणम्य बटुभिः सार्धं स चिक्रीड यथासुखम् । द्वितीये तु ततः प्राप्ते दिवसे नर्मदाजले

Transliteration

praṇamya baṭubhiḥ sārdhaṃ sa cikrīḍa yathāsukham | dvitīye tu tataḥ prāpte divase narmadājale

Translation

اس نے جھک کر سلام کیا اور بٹوکوں کے ساتھ جی بھر کر کھیلا؛ پھر جب دوسرا دن آیا تو نَرمدا کے پانی میں...

Word by Word

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund/absolutive); अर्थ: प्रणमित्वा (having bowed)

• बटुभिः: with the boys/students
• बटुभिः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बटु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-अर्थे/with)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चिक्रीड: played
• चिक्रीड: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यथासुखम्: as he pleased, comfortably
• यथासुखम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• द्वितीये: on the second
• द्वितीये: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दिवसे)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = thereafter

• प्राप्ते: when (it) had come/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘प्राप्त’; सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी सह (प्राप्ते दिवसे)

• नर्मदाजले: in the waters of the Narmadā
• नर्मदाजले: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘नर्मदायाः जलम्’)

Speaker

Narrative speaker not explicit in excerpt

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brahmacārins with their companions, after bowing, enjoy playful sport near/within the Narmadā; morning light on rippling water.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Baṭu (students/brahmacārins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life near a tīrtha integrates reverence (praṇāma) with simple living—discipline and natural joy coexist.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā waters themselves, central to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite here; it transitions the story to events occurring in Narmadā-jala (Narmadā waters).