Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

कामक्रोधैर्विमुक्ताश्च रागद्वेषैस्तथैव च । उपोष्य परया भक्त्या देवस्याग्रे नराधिप

Transliteration

kāmakrodhairvimuktāśca rāgadveṣaistathaiva ca | upoṣya parayā bhaktyā devasyāgre narādhipa

Translation

کامی خواہش اور غضب سے آزاد، اور اسی طرح رغبت و نفرت سے بھی رہائی پا کر، اے بادشاہ، دیوتا کے حضور اعلیٰ بھکتی کے ساتھ اُپواس کرنا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• कामक्रोधैः: from desire and anger
• कामक्रोधैः: Apādāna (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• विमुक्ताः: freed
• विमुक्ताः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि-विशेषणम् (released/freed)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• रागद्वेषैः: from attachment and aversion
• रागद्वेषैः: Apādāna (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राग (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/likewise')

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (restrictive/emphatic)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• उपोष्य: having fasted
• उपोष्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√वस्/√उष् (धातु; उपवासार्थे)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): 'having fasted'

• परया: with supreme
• परया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भक्त्याḥ)

• भक्त्या: devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अग्रे: in front (of)
• अग्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; 'in front' अर्थे

• नराधिप: O king
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नराणाम् अधिपः)

Speaker

Narrator (Ravitīrtha Māhātmya context; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravitīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly figure (narādhipa addressed) and devotees stand before a sanctum near the river; they hold folded hands, with a simple fasting meal set aside untouched; the atmosphere emphasizes calm mastery over emotions.

Characters & Entities

• Ravitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity of mind—freedom from desire, anger, attachment, and hatred—makes devotional observances like fasting truly fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ravitīrtha, praised within the Revā Khaṇḍa as a sacred place connected with the Sun (Ravi).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping a fast (upoṣa) with intense devotion in the deity’s presence.