Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

अहङ्कारकृताः सर्वे भविष्यन्ति न संशयः । इति शप्त्वा रमादेवी तदैव च दिवं ययौ

Transliteration

ahaṅkārakṛtāḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ | iti śaptvā ramādevī tadaiva ca divaṃ yayau

Translation

Alle werden vom Ich-Dünkel getrieben sein — daran besteht kein Zweifel. So verfluchend, ging Ramā Devī sogleich gen Himmel.

Word by Word

• अहङ्कारकृताः: made by ego; ego-driven
• अहङ्कारकृताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहङ्कार + कृत (कृ-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-विशेषणम् (past passive participle: 'made/caused'); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अहङ्कार- कृताः = अहङ्कारेण कृताः/अहङ्कारात् कृताः)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम् (nominative plural)

• भविष्यन्ति: will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (simple future), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• न: no/not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Impersonal predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (उक्तिसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

• शप्त्वा: having cursed
• शप्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (absolutive/gerund: having cursed)

• रमादेवी: Goddess Ramā (Lakṣmī)
• रमादेवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रमा + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (रमा एव देवी)

• तदैव: just then
• तदैव: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् + अवधारणार्थक-अव्ययम् (then itself/just then)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम् (accusative singular)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Narrator (describing Lakṣmī/Ramā Devī’s curse and departure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-context

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (contextual address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ramā Devī pronounces a curse with composed severity; immediately she rises skyward, leaving a dimmed landscape below as people stand stunned.

Characters & Entities

• Ramā Devī (Lakṣmī)
• Heaven (diva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Egoism is portrayed as a root-force of decline; divine grace withdraws when arrogance dominates conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative flow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative statement marking the conclusion of the curse.