Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शबरी शाबराय वै । कथयामास चाव्यग्रा स्त्रीवाक्यं नृपसत्तम

Transliteration

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā śabarī śābarāya vai | kathayāmāsa cāvyagrā strīvākyaṃ nṛpasattama

Translation

Nghe lời người phụ nữ ấy, Śabarī không chút do dự đã thuật lại lời của nàng cho Śabara—hỡi bậc vương giả tối thượng.

Word by Word

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vacanam: speech/words
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• śabarī: Śabarī
• śabarī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śabarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

• śābarāya: to Śābara
• śābarāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śābara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• kathayāmāsa: told/narrated
• kathayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग) + √as (धातु) (परिप्रयोग: periphrastic perfect)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• avyagrā: undistracted/calm
• avyagrā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + vyagra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (not distracted)

• strī-vākyam: the woman's statement
• strī-vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक) + vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्त्रियाः वाक्यम्)

• nṛpa-sattama: O best of kings
• nṛpa-sattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे संबोधन (श्रेष्ठो नृपः)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a king as listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpasattama (king, as the text’s addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śabarī, having heard the woman, turns and reports the message to a Śabara elder/leader; the king is addressed indirectly as the narrative audience.

Characters & Entities

• Śabarī
• Śabara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge should be shared promptly and faithfully; dharma spreads through attentive listening and truthful reporting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa setting continues in the background; this verse focuses on narration and transmission.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is prescribed here; it supports the Ekādaśī teaching by relaying it onward.