Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

धनधान्यचयोपेतः पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः । व्याधिशोकविनिर्मुक्तो जीवेच्च शरदां शतम्

Transliteration

dhanadhānyacayopetaḥ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ | vyādhiśokavinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam

Translation

Mit reichem Besitz und Fülle an Korn versehen, gesegnet mit Söhnen und Enkeln, frei von Krankheit und Kummer, lebt er hundert Herbste—ein langes, erfülltes Leben.

Word by Word

• धनधान्यचयोपेतः: endowed with a heap of wealth and grain
• धनधान्यचयोपेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + धान्य (प्रातिपदिक) + चय (प्रातिपदिक) + उपेत (कृदन्त; √इ (धातु) उपसर्ग-उप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणभावः

• पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः: accompanied by sons and grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; √अन्/अन्वि (धातु) उपसर्ग-सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणभावः

• व्याधिशोकविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from illness and sorrow
• व्याधिशोकविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् (धातु) उपसर्ग-वि+निर्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणभावः

• जीवेत्: may live
• जीवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

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

• शरदाम्: of years (autumns)
• शरदाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate section flow; explicit speaker appears in next adhyāya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-householder at a riverbank tīrtha: granaries full, family (sons and grandsons) gathered, the devotee offering water and flowers; a serene aura indicating freedom from disease and grief; autumnal light suggesting ‘śaradāṃ śatam’.

Characters & Entities

• putra (sons)
• pautra (grandsons)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-dharma is portrayed as granting both abhyudaya (worldly welfare) and auspicious life-conditions supportive of spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This continues the phala sequence connected to Sāvitrī Tīrtha and the surrounding Revā Khaṇḍa sacred-route context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No separate prescription; it summarizes the beneficent results—prosperity, lineage continuity, health, and longevity.