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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

मुमोच चित्रसेनस्तं छायायां वटभूरुहः । वस्त्रं चतुर्गुणं कृत्वा चक्रे वातं मुहुर्मुहुः

mumoca citrasenastaṃ chāyāyāṃ vaṭabhūruhaḥ | vastraṃ caturguṇaṃ kṛtvā cakre vātaṃ muhurmuhuḥ

چترسین نے اسے برگد کے درخت کے سائے میں لٹا دیا؛ پھر اپنے کپڑے کو چار تہہ کر کے بار بار پنکھا جھلنے لگا۔

mumocareleased/let go
mumoca:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootmuc (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
citrasenaḥCitraseṇa
citrasenaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootcitrasena (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
tamhim
tam:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
chāyāyāmin the shade
chāyāyām:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootchāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
vaṭabhūruhaḥthe banyan tree
vaṭabhūruhaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvaṭa + bhūruha (प्रातिपदिके)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vaṭasya bhūruhaḥ = tree of the banyan); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
vastramcloth/garment
vastram:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvastra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
caturguṇamfourfold
caturguṇam:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatur + guṇa (प्रातिपदिके)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (संख्यापूर्वक: 'fourfold'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to vastram)
kṛtvāhaving made
kṛtvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Gerundial/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)
cakredid/made
cakre:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
vātamwind/fanning
vātam:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvāta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
muhuḥagain and again
muhuḥ:
Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmuhuḥ (अव्यय)
Formपुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: repeatedly)
muhuḥrepeatedly
muhuḥ:
Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmuhuḥ (अव्यय)
Formपुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (reduplication for emphasis)

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: ghat

Listener: Purāṇic audience; immediate addressee not explicit here

Scene: Citraseṇa gently lowers the fainted brāhmaṇa beneath a sprawling banyan; he folds his cloth into four layers and fans steadily, creating a visible breeze in leaves and garment edges.

C
Citraseṇa
R
R̥kṣaśṛṅga
V
vaṭa (banyan tree)

FAQs

Dharma expresses itself through practical compassion—care for the afflicted is itself a meritorious act.

Not a named tīrtha; the verse evokes a sacred natural setting (banyan shade) within the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu.

None; it describes a caregiving action (placing in shade and fanning).