Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे सफलं तपः । दर्शनेन तु विप्राणां सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ tapaḥ | darśanena tu viprāṇāṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

„Heute ist meine Geburt erfüllt, heute ist mein Tapas erfüllt. Denn schon durch den Anblick heiliger Brāhmaṇas wird man von allen Sünden befreit.“

Word by Word

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: today/now)

• me: my/of me
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th) एकवचन (Singular) — मम (enclitic)

• saphalam: fruitful/successful
• saphalam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular) — विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)

• janma: birth/life
• janma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• me: my/of me
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th) एकवचन (Singular) — मम (enclitic)

• saphalam: fruitful/successful
• saphalam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular) — विधेय-विशेषण

• tapaḥ: austerity/penance
• tapaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• darśanena: by (their) sight/seeing
• darśanena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषणार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed)

• viprāṇām: of the brāhmaṇas
• viprāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sarva-pāpaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpaiḥ: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural) — अपादानार्थे (instrumental used with passive for separation)

• pramucyate: is released/freed
• pramucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Anasūyā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Anasūyā, hands folded, eyes moist with devotion, declares her life and austerity fulfilled upon seeing the brāhmaṇa guests; the atmosphere is charged with purity and release from sin.

Characters & Entities

• Anasūyā
• Vipras (Brahmin sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent encounter with the righteous—especially realized brāhmaṇas—purifies and crowns one’s life and austerity with spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa context links purification and merit to the broader sanctity of the Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the purifying power of darśana (holy sight/meeting).