Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

मयि जीवति मद्भ्राता ह्यवस्थामीदृशीं गतः । धिग्जीवितं च मे किंतु तपसो विद्यते फलम्

Transliteration

mayi jīvati madbhrātā hyavasthāmīdṛśīṃ gataḥ | dhigjīvitaṃ ca me kiṃtu tapaso vidyate phalam

Translation

Während ich noch lebe, ist mein Bruder in einen solchen Zustand geraten! Pfui über mein Leben — und doch muss die Askese (tapas) gewiss ihre Frucht tragen.

Word by Word

• मयि: in me / while I
• मयि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• जीवति: lives / is alive
• जीवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मत्-भ्राता: my brother
• मत्-भ्राता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी-समासपूर्वपद) + भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• अवस्थाम्: state/condition
• अवस्थाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• ईदृशीम्: such (like this)
• ईदृशीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying अवस्थाम्)

• गतः: has gone/has come to
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (agreeing with भ्राता)

• धिक्: shame on!
• धिक्: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धिक् (अव्यय)
• Form: निन्दार्थक निपात (interjection of censure)

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; धिक्-योगे कर्म (object of censure)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• किंतु: but/however
• किंतु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंतु (अव्यय)
• Form: व्यतिरेक/विरोधार्थक अव्यय (adversative)

• तपसः: of austerity
• तपसः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• विद्यते: exists / is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु) (विद्=सत्तायाम्/ज्ञाने)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्तरि—'exists/is found'

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता/विषय (subject of विद्यते)

Speaker

Nārāyaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ṛṣis / pilgrimage-inquirers (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grief-stricken ascetic/younger brother laments his elder’s suffering, torn between despair and faith in tapas; sages and a sacred riverine hermitage backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Brother (madbhrātā; contextually Māṇḍavya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas is never wasted; divine and moral order ultimately manifests the fruit of austerity and righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; the emphasis is on tapas and dharmic outcome within the Revā-kṣetra narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse affirms the principle of tapas (austerity) producing phala (spiritual result).