Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

विकारा बहवस्तासां देवं दृष्ट्वा महाद्भुतम् । संजाता विप्रपत्नीनां तदा तासु नरोत्तम

Transliteration

vikārā bahavastāsāṃ devaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahādbhutam | saṃjātā viprapatnīnāṃ tadā tāsu narottama

Translation

Hỡi bậc nam tử tối thượng, khi các phu nhân Bà-la-môn chiêm ngưỡng Thần linh kỳ diệu ấy, muôn vàn biến chuyển cảm xúc mạnh mẽ liền dấy lên trong lòng họ.

Word by Word

• vikārāḥ: changes, emotions
• vikārāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• bahavaḥ: many
• bahavaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• tāsām: of them
• tāsām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• mahādbhutam: very wonderful
• mahādbhutam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक; mahā + adbhuta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास

• saṃjātāḥ: arose, occurred
• saṃjātāḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-jāta (कृदन्त; jan (धातु) + उपसर्ग saṃ)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (Past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘arose/occurred’

• viprapatnīnām: of the brāhmaṇas’ wives
• viprapatnīnām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra-patnī (प्रातिपदिक; vipra + patnī)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (‘wives of brāhmaṇas’)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• tāsu: in/among them
• tāsu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• narottama: O best of men
• narottama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara-uttama (प्रातिपदिक; nara + uttama)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dāruvana (narrative-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (naroत्तम addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa wives, startled by an utterly wondrous presence, display many emotional transformations—some drawn forward, some trembling, some confused—while the Deity remains serene and radiant.

Characters & Entities

• Viprapatnī (brāhmaṇa wives)
• Śiva (as Deva)
• Daruvana (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even socially ‘virtuous’ settings require inner mastery; spiritual life is proven by steadiness of mind, not by status alone.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode’s stage is Daruvana; the larger Revā Khaṇḍa situates it within a sacred-travel and sacred-river milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes psychological reactions rather than prescribing practice.