Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

अर्धोद्यतभुजां बालां पद्मपत्रायतेक्षणाम् । स्तुवन्तीं देवदेवेशमुत्थितां तु जलात्तदा

Transliteration

ardhodyatabhujāṃ bālāṃ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇām | stuvantīṃ devadeveśamutthitāṃ tu jalāttadā

Translation

پھر وہ پانی سے اُبھرتی ہوئی ایک نوخیز دوشیزہ کو دیکھتا ہے—بازو آدھے اٹھے ہوئے، آنکھیں کنول کے پتے جیسی؛ اور وہ دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا، دیودیوَیشور کی ستوتی کر رہی تھی۔

Word by Word

• ardha-udyata-bhujām: with arms half-raised
• ardha-udyata-bhujām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक) + udyata (कृदन्त; ud-√yam (यम्) + क्त) + bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अर्धम् उद्यतौ भुजौ यस्याः/या)

• bālām: a young girl
• bālām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• padma-patra-āyata-īkṣaṇām: with lotus-petal-long eyes
• padma-patra-āyata-īkṣaṇām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + patra (प्रातिपदिक) + āyata (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पद्मपत्रवत् आयतं ईक्षणं यस्याः)

• stuvantīm: praising
• stuvantīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √stu (स्तु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle)

• deva-deva-īśam: the Lord of gods (Supreme Lord)
• deva-deva-īśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (देवानां देवः; तस्य ईशः = Lord of the god of gods / supreme lord)

• utthitām: risen; having arisen
• utthitām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-√sthā (स्था) + kta (क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (risen)

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Discourse particle (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed/but)

• jalāt: from the water
• jalāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Ablative: from water)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (a ṛṣi/purāṇic speaker addressing a king; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A youthful maiden rises from the river, arms half-raised in praise, lotus-petal eyes turned upward; water streams from her hair and garments as she chants a hymn to Devadeveśa.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā Devī
• Devadeveśa (supreme lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-darśana culminates in stuti—devotion that acknowledges the supreme lord through the goddess’s revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā, where Devī is described as emerging from the waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the act highlighted is stuti (praise), a devotional practice.