Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

भर्तृयुक्ता च संसुप्ता रजन्यां सरले नगे । आगता लुब्धकास्तत्र क्षुधार्ता वनमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

bhartṛyuktā ca saṃsuptā rajanyāṃ sarale nage | āgatā lubdhakāstatra kṣudhārtā vanamuttamam

Translation

میں اپنے شوہر کے ساتھ رات کے وقت صنوبر جیسے درخت کے نیچے گہری نیند سو رہی تھی کہ اسی بہترین جنگل میں بھوک سے بے تاب شکاری وہاں آ پہنچے۔

Word by Word

• भर्तृयुक्ता: accompanied by (my) husband
• भर्तृयुक्ता: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भर्तृ + युक्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ (अनुक्त) इति विशेषणम्

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

• संसुप्ता: fast asleep
• संसुप्ता: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्वप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रजन्याम्: at night
• रजन्याम्: Kala/Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सरले: on the śāla/pine-like (tree) / in the ‘sarala’
• सरले: Adhikarana (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘नगे’ इति विशेषणम्

• नगे: on the mountain / in the tree (contextual)
• नगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• आगताः: came
• आगताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past active participle in sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘लुब्धकाः’ इति कर्तृसमाना

• लुब्धकाः: hunters
• लुब्धकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लुब्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• क्षुधार्ताः: afflicted by hunger
• क्षुधार्ताः: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुधा + आर्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘लुब्धकाः’ इति विशेषणम्

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘वनम्’ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

A princess/maiden recounting her former-life account to a king (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmant-vana (Revā south bank)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Her father; framed for the king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night under a tall pine-like tree; the couple asleep; shadowy hunters enter the sacred forest, gaunt with hunger, carrying ropes and weapons; moonlight filters through branches.

Characters & Entities

• Hunters (lubdhaka)
• Hanūmanta-vana (implied continuation)
• Revā/Narmadā region (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ordinary human impulses like hunger can lead to adharma; the Purāṇic narrative frames such moments as karmically consequential within a tīrtha setting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The excellent forest associated with Hanūmant near the Revā/Narmadā banks (continuing the Hanūmanteśvara tīrtha context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse sets the scene for a karmic episode that unfolds in a sacred landscape.