Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

चरन्वै गगनाद्येन पातितो धरणीतले । सौरिणा ह्येवमुक्तस्तु पिप्पलादो महामुनिः

Transliteration

caranvai gaganādyena pātito dharaṇītale | sauriṇā hyevamuktastu pippalādo mahāmuniḥ

Translation

Khi đang du hành giữa hư không, hắn bị một quyền lực nào đó quật xuống mặt đất. Được Sauri (Śani) thưa hỏi như vậy, Đại Thánh Pippalāda liền đáp lời.

Word by Word

• caran: moving, roaming
• caran: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Concurrent action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘moving’

• vai: indeed
• vai: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• gaganāt: from the sky
• gaganāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gagana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन

• yena: by whom
• yena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• pātitaḥ: made to fall, felled
• pātitaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātita (कृदन्त, √pat धातु, णिच् causative)
• Form: क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘caused to fall/struck down’

• dharaṇī-tale: on the earth’s surface
• dharaṇī-tale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharaṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘धरण्याः तलम्’ (on the surface of the earth)

• sauriṇā: by Sauri (Saturn)
• sauriṇā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saurin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘Saturn (son of Sūrya)’

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Hetu/Avadhāraṇa (Reason/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle): ‘indeed/for’

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner adverb): ‘thus’

• uktaḥ: addressed, spoken to
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त, √vac धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been spoken to/addressed’

• tu: but, then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय निपात (particle): ‘but/indeed’

• pippalādaḥ: Pippalāda
• pippalādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pippalāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (नाम)

• mahā-muniḥ: the great sage
• mahā-muniḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘महान् मुनिः’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śani (Sauri) addresses Pippalāda after being cast down; the sage is poised to respond—two figures in a charged yet orderly tableau, with riverbank sanctity around them.

Characters & Entities

• Sauri (Śani)
• Pippalāda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dialogue emphasizes moral causality: when power meets righteousness, a reckoning occurs and truth is spoken.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative linkage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.