Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 116

Devanagari script

असौ लोके च्युतो राजन्भूतले द्विजमन्दिरे । कुशलो जायते पुत्रो गुणविद्याधनर्द्धिमान्

Transliteration

asau loke cyuto rājanbhūtale dvijamandire | kuśalo jāyate putro guṇavidyādhanarddhimān

Translation

হে ৰাজন, সি যেতিয়া সেই লোকৰ পৰা চ্যুত হৈ পৃথিৱীত পুনৰ জন্ম লয়, তেতিয়া দ্বিজৰ গৃহত জন্মে। সি কুশল পুত্ৰ হয়—গুণ, বিদ্যা, ধন আৰু সমৃদ্ধিত সমন্বিত।

Word by Word

• asau: that person
• asau: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• cyutaḥ: fallen/departed (from that world)
• cyutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √cyu (धातु) → cyuta (कृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त/PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (fallen/departed)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhū-tale: on the earth’s surface
• bhū-tale: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• dvija-mandire: in a brāhmaṇa’s house
• dvija-mandire: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• kuśalaḥ: skilled, auspicious, capable
• kuśalaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuśala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• jāyate: is born / arises
• jāyate: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु) (ātmanepada)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Middle)

• putraḥ: a son
• putraḥ: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• guṇa-vidyā-dhana-ṛddhimān: possessing virtues, learning, wealth, and prosperity
• guṇa-vidyā-dhana-ṛddhimān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of putraḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक) + dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛddhimant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); ‘-mān’ = मतुप्-अर्थ (possessing)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, addressing the King: rājan)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmanteśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrative split-scene: first, the donor completes the gift at the shrine; second, a newborn in a brāhmaṇa home grows into a learned, prosperous youth—symbolizing puṇya’s maturation.

Characters & Entities

• Rājan (King)
• Dvija (Brahmin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meritorious acts yield both heavenly enjoyment and auspicious rebirth marked by virtue, education, and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Hanūmanteśvara Tīrtha context of Adhyāya 83, describing the fruits connected to that dharmic practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it states the karmic outcome (phala) of the previously described dharmic act.