Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तावत्ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे भ्रमित्वा काननं महत् । आगताः स्वगृहे दारान् ददृशुश्च हतौजसः

Transliteration

tāvatte brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bhramitvā kānanaṃ mahat | āgatāḥ svagṛhe dārān dadṛśuśca hataujasaḥ

Translation

Trong khi ấy, tất cả các brāhmaṇa sau khi lang thang trong khu rừng lớn đã trở về nhà mình và nhìn thấy các người vợ; nhưng khí lực và sự tự tin của họ đã tan vỡ.

Word by Word

• tāvat: then/thereupon
• tāvat: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/कालवाचक अव्यय (till then/so long/thereupon)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (they)

• brāhmaṇāḥ: Brahmins
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण of brāhmaṇāḥ

• bhramitvā: having wandered
• bhramitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhram (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having wandered'

• kānanam: forest
• kānanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• mahat: great/large
• mahat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण of kānanam

• āgatāḥ: arrived
• āgatāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) used predicatively; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; 'having come/arrived'

• sva-gṛhe: in (their) own house
• sva-gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समास: स्वस्य गृहे (in their own house)

• dārān: wives
• dārān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; 'wives' (pluralia tantum)

• dadṛśuḥ: saw
• dadṛśuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• hata-ojasaḥ: with (their) vigor lost
• hata-ojasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata + ojas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि: हतम् ओजः येषां ते (those whose vigor was destroyed)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa forest-tīrtha setting (unspecified sub-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas, weary from wandering, enter their village homes; their faces show shock and loss of confidence as they see their wives altered in demeanor.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly agitation and inner weakness follow when dharma and self-mastery are disturbed; the Purāṇa frames this as a caution within sacred narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse itself does not name a tīrtha, but it occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting associated with the sanctity of the Revā/Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it advances the narrative.