Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 127

Devanagari script

पुन्नाम्नो नरकाद्यस्मात्पितरं त्रायते सुतः । तेन पुत्र इति प्रोक्तः स्वयमेव स्वयम्भुवा

Transliteration

punnāmno narakādyasmātpitaraṃ trāyate sutaḥ | tena putra iti proktaḥ svayameva svayambhuvā

Translation

Weil der Sohn den Vater aus der Hölle namens Punnāma errettet, wird er daher «putra» genannt—so hat es Svayambhū (Brahmā) selbst verkündet.

Word by Word

• पुन्नाम्नः: from (the hell called) Punnāma
• पुन्नाम्नः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुन्नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; Ablative singular

• नरकात्: from hell
• नरकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; Ablative singular

• यस्मात्: because/from which
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; Ablative singular (relative pronoun)

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Masculine accusative singular

• त्रायते: saves, delivers
• त्रायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; Present 3rd sg (Ātmanepada)

• सुतः: a son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Masculine nominative singular

• तेन: therefore, by that
• तेन: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (used adverbially: ‘therefore’)

• पुत्रः: son (putra)
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Masculine nominative singular

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle), अव्यय

• प्रोक्तः: is said/called
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) used as finite passive sense; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Masculine nominative singular

• स्वयम्: by himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), अवधारण (emphasis)

• स्वयम्भुवा: by Svayambhū (Brahmā)
• स्वयम्भुवा: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयम्भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

Speaker

Narrator quoting Svayambhū (Brahmā) as authority (exact frame-speaker not specified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: a son offering water (tarpaṇa) and piṇḍa to ancestors; behind, a symbolic vision of a dark hell being dispelled by ritual light; Brahmā as authority in the background or as a narrated presence.

Characters & Entities

• Svayambhū (Brahmā)
• Punnāma-naraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches the dharmic role of progeny in supporting ancestral welfare, linking family duty with posthumous well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is named; the verse is doctrinal, occurring within the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated, though the theme aligns with śrāddha/ancestral rites and the son’s dharmic responsibilities.