Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

क्रीडित्वा च सुविस्तीर्णशयनस्था वराङ्गना । काचित्सुप्ता विशालाक्षी हारावलिविभूषिता । धूमेनाकुलिता दीना न्यपतद्धव्यवाहने

Transliteration

krīḍitvā ca suvistīrṇaśayanasthā varāṅganā | kācitsuptā viśālākṣī hārāvalivibhūṣitā | dhūmenākulitā dīnā nyapataddhavyavāhane

Translation

Sau cuộc vui, người phụ nữ cao quý nằm trên giường rộng. Một mỹ nhân mắt lớn ngủ say, được trang sức bằng những chuỗi vòng cổ. Bị khói bao phủ, nàng khốn khổ suy kiệt rồi ngã vào ngọn lửa thiêu đốt nuốt trọn.

Word by Word

• krīḍitvā: having played/sported
• krīḍitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: krīḍ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: क्रीड्; अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having played)

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

• su-vistīrṇa-śayana-sthā: lying on a very spacious bed
• su-vistīrṇa-śayana-sthā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vistīrṇa (कृदन्त, √stṛ/स्तृ) + śayana (प्रातिपदिक) + sthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विशेषणसमासः): ‘सुविस्तीर्णं शयनं यस्यां सा/शयने स्थिता’ (lying on a very spacious bed)

• varāṅganā: a beautiful woman
• varāṅganā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varāṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kācit: some (woman)
• kācit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अनिर्दिष्टा (indefinite)

• suptā: asleep
• suptā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √svap (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• viśālākṣī: wide-eyed (woman)
• viśālākṣī: Apposition (Sāmānādhikaraṇya/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśāla (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘विशाले अक्षिणी यस्याः सा’

• hārāvali-vibhūṣitā: adorned with rows of necklaces
• hārāvali-vibhūṣitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāra (प्रातिपदिक) + āvali (प्रातिपदिक) + √bhūṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘विभूषित’, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—‘हारावलिभिः विभूषिता’

• dhūmena: by/with smoke
• dhūmena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• ākulitā: distressed/confused
• ākulitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + √kul (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• dīnā: wretched
• dīnā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• nyapatat: fell down
• nyapatat: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + √pat (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• havyavāhane: in/into the fire (Agni)
• havyavāhane: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: havyavāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘हव्यं वहति इति’ (Agni)

Speaker

Narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A jeweled, wide-eyed woman asleep on a broad couch, necklaces spilling across her chest; smoke coils through a palace chamber as flames surge, and she slips toward a roaring fire.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Tripura (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adornment and pleasure cannot prevent suffering; heedlessness in comfort becomes peril when destiny turns.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is part of the Tripura narrative embedded in the Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears here.