Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

एवं ज्ञात्वा शमं गच्छ स्वस्थो भव महामुने । इत्युक्त्वा मां तदा देवी तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

Transliteration

evaṃ jñātvā śamaṃ gaccha svastho bhava mahāmune | ityuktvā māṃ tadā devī tatraivāntaradhīyata

Translation

既已如是知晓，便归于寂静安宁；大圣仙啊，愿你安住从容。她如此告我之后，女神便在原处隐没不现。

Word by Word

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (एवम् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• jñātvā: having known
• jñātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्यय; ‘having known’

• śamam: peace, tranquility
• śamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śama (शम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• svasthaḥ: healthy, composed
• svasthaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva + stha (स्थ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (त्वम् implied); ‘स्वे स्थः’ (in oneself, healthy)

• bhava: be
• bhava: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahāmune: O great sage
• mahāmune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (महा) + muni (मुनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘महान् मुनिः’

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (इति अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्यय; ‘having said’

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (तदा अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (देवी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (तत्र अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• antaradhīyata: disappeared
• antaradhīyata: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: antar + dhā (धा धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘disappeared’

Speaker

Devī (first line), Narrator (second line reporting disappearance)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā-bank revelation spot (unnamed)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahāmuni addressed; also ‘you’ as recipient of the account in the broader frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The goddess addresses the sage with a calming gesture; as the final words are spoken, her form dissolves into light at the riverbank, leaving the sage serene and grounded.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True knowledge culminates in inner peace (śama) and steadiness; revelation is meant to heal agitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred setting where Devī grants darśana and instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite; the instruction is internal discipline—attaining śama (tranquility).