Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

सहितानुचरीभिस्तु इन्द्रायुधनिभं भृशम् । तस्मिन्निष्पीड्यमाने तु वारि यन्निःसृतं तदा

Transliteration

sahitānucarībhistu indrāyudhanibhaṃ bhṛśam | tasminniṣpīḍyamāne tu vāri yanniḥsṛtaṃ tadā

Translation

她与侍女们一同用力拧绞，那布光辉灿然如因陀罗之虹；当其被挤压之时，流出的水便显现出来。

Word by Word

• सहिता: accompanied
• सहिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त ‘सह’ + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (अध्याहृत) ‘देवी’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अनुचरीभिः: with female attendants
• अनुचरीभिः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुचरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-अव्यय (particle)

• इन्द्रायुधनिभम्: rainbow-like
• इन्द्रायुधनिभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्रायुध-निभ (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रायुध + निभ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘वारि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (rainbow-like)

• भृशम्: greatly
• भृशम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक-अव्यय (adverb: greatly)

• तस्मिन्: in that (garment)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; ‘स्नानवस्त्रे’ इत्यर्थे

• निष्पीड्यमाने: while being squeezed
• निष्पीड्यमाने: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निस् + पीड् (धातु) + यमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि-प्रयोगे शतृ/शानच्-समकक्षः (present passive participle), सप्तमी एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle)

• वारि: water
• वारि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधकं (relative pronoun)

• निःसृतम्: flowed out
• निःसृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निस् + सृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘यत्/वारि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapilā (incipient, not yet named in this verse)

Type: river-origin context

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Umā with her attendant maidens wrings the cloth; it gleams like a rainbow, and streams of water pour out, foreshadowing the birth of Kapilā river.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (implied)
• Anucarī (attendants)
• Indra (by reference to Indra’s bow)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine beauty and power (symbolized by the rainbow) can manifest as purifying waters for the welfare of beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kapilā river’s emergence is being described, tied to the Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse provides the mythic basis for the sanctity of the river used for snāna and tīrtha rites.