Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अहं त्वां प्रेषयिष्यामि यममार्गे सुदारुणे । अहमन्वेषयिष्यामि किल यास्यामि ते गृहम्

Transliteration

ahaṃ tvāṃ preṣayiṣyāmi yamamārge sudāruṇe | ahamanveṣayiṣyāmi kila yāsyāmi te gṛham

Translation

“我将把你送上阎摩之路，那可怖的死亡之途。的确，我必追逐你，甚至要到你的居所。”

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रेषयिष्यामि: I will send
• प्रेषयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष्/प्रेष् (धातु; causative sense ‘to send’)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• यममार्गे: on the path of Yama
• यममार्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम-मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक; यम + मार्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुदारुणे: very dreadful
• सुदारुणे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दारुण (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दारुण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying यममार्गे)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अन्वेषयिष्यामि: I will search for
• अन्वेषयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-इष् (धातु; ‘to search’)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• किल: indeed
• किल: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/indeed, reportedly)

• यास्यामि: I will go
• यास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• गृहम्: house, home
• गृहम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Andhaka (Dānava leader)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Keśava (Kṛṣṇa/Vāsudeva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka vows to send Keśava to Yama’s dreadful road; behind him, a spectral vision of Yama’s path—dark corridor, messengers, and distant city of the dead—appears like a mirage.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Keśava
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Arrogant threats against the Divine expose the speaker’s ignorance; death is not a weapon against one who is upheld by dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative stream connected with the Revā (Narmadā) sacred region, though this specific line focuses on the battle dialogue rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.