Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

न व्यश्राम्यत तच्चित्तं दृष्ट्वा चाप्सरसस्तदा । शचीं प्रति मनस्तस्य सकाममभवन्नृप

Transliteration

na vyaśrāmyata taccittaṃ dṛṣṭvā cāpsarasastadā | śacīṃ prati manastasya sakāmamabhavannṛpa

Translation

اے بادشاہ! اُس وقت اپسراؤں کو دیکھ کر اُس کا دل ذرّہ بھر بھی قرار نہ پایا؛ اور خواہش کے ساتھ اُس کا ذہن شچی کی طرف مائل ہو گیا۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• vyaśrāmyata: rested/ceased
• vyaśrāmyata: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√śram (श्रम् धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); आत्मनेपद

• tat-cittam: his mind
• tat-cittam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्) + citta (चित्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund)

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

• apsarasaḥ: the apsarases
• apsarasaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apsaras (अप्सरस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन (plural)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (तदा अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• śacīm: Śacī
• śacīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śacī (शची प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• prati: towards
• prati: Sambandha (Direction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (प्रति अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/संबन्धबोधक-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (मनस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (singular)

• sa-kāmam: desirous/with desire
• sa-kāmam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह/सम् उपसर्गसदृश) + kāma (काम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective)

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

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

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The onlooker’s restless gaze shifts from apsarases to Śacī; the face shows agitation and craving; Śacī appears dignified, guarded, radiant with queenly composure.

Characters & Entities

• Apsarases
• Śacī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked desire agitates the mind; dharma requires restraint and discernment rather than impulse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this is a narrative description of mental agitation and desire.