Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

ज्वालाकलापबहुलः प्रज्वलत्येव पावकः । एवं दृष्ट्वा ततो बाणो दह्यमान उवाच ह

Transliteration

jvālākalāpabahulaḥ prajvalatyeva pāvakaḥ | evaṃ dṛṣṭvā tato bāṇo dahyamāna uvāca ha

Translation

شعلوں کے گچھوں سے گھنا ہو کر آگ کا پاؤک سخت بھڑک اٹھا۔ یہ دیکھ کر بाण، جلتے ہوئے، بول اٹھا۔

Word by Word

• ज्वाला-कलाप-बहुलः: abounding in clusters of flames
• ज्वाला-कलाप-बहुलः: Karta-anvaya (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वाला (प्रातिपदिक) + कलाप (प्रातिपदिक) + बहुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देशात्मक: ‘ज्वालानां कलापः’ (flame-cluster) तेन बहुलः ‘abounding in clusters of flames’ (पावकस्य विशेषण)

• प्रज्वलति: blazes
• प्रज्वलति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात ‘indeed/just’

• पावकः: fire
• पावकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘thus’

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) ‘having seen’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/क्रमवाचक ‘then/from there’

• बाणः: Bāṇa
• बाणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दह्यमानः: being burned
• दह्यमानः: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दह् (धातु) + यमान (कृदन्त; कर्मणि वर्तमानकाले)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त ‘being burnt’ (बाणस्य विशेषण)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), कथनानुवाद/स्मरणार्थ ‘indeed/it is said’

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Bāṇa’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (episode locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A roaring fire with dense tongues of flame; Bāṇa stands within/near the blaze, body scorched yet conscious, turning to speak; onlookers recoil; river glints in the background as contrast to fire.

Characters & Entities

• Pāvaka (Fire)
• Bāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Crisis becomes the moment of awakening—suffering forces the powerful to confront consequence and seek a response.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit in this verse; it advances the Revā Khaṇḍa storyline set in the Narmadā sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.