Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

तत्रापि च शतान्यष्टौ क्लिश्यते पापकर्मणि । वराहो दश जन्मानि तदन्ते जायते कृमिः

Transliteration

tatrāpi ca śatānyaṣṭau kliśyate pāpakarmaṇi | varāho daśa janmāni tadante jāyate kṛmiḥ

Translation

Auch dort wird der Täter sündiger Werke achthundert Jahre lang gequält. Zehn Leben wird er als Eber geboren, und am Ende davon wird er als Wurm geboren.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षा-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (सर्वलिङ्गेषु प्रयोगः)

• क्लिश्यते: is afflicted / suffers
• क्लिश्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्लिश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पापकर्मणि: in sinful action/state
• पापकर्मणि: Adhikarana (Location/State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक: पाप + कर्मन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः (पापं कर्म)

• वराहः: a boar
• वराहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः/प्रथमा-द्वितीया-बहुवचनार्थे

• जन्मानि: births
• जन्मानि: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• तदन्ते: at its end
• तदन्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तदन्त (प्रातिपदिक: तद् + अन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तस्य अन्ते)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कृमिः: a worm
• कृमिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa (didactic discourse on karmic consequences)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral allegory of descent and partial ascent: the sinner’s consciousness cycles through boar births and finally a worm, conveying humiliation and suffering.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Varāha (boar)
• Kṛmi (worm)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sin (pāpa) leads to prolonged suffering and degraded rebirths; therefore one should pursue dharma and purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Revā Khaṇḍa context is the sanctity of the Revā (Narmadā) region, though this verse itself stresses karmic result rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it functions as a warning that motivates expiation, charity, and tīrtha-sevā in the Revā context.