Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततः कालेन महता त्विह लोके नरेश्वर । मानुष्यं प्राप्य दुष्प्राप्यं धनकोटीपतिर्भवेत्

Transliteration

tataḥ kālena mahatā tviha loke nareśvara | mānuṣyaṃ prāpya duṣprāpyaṃ dhanakoṭīpatirbhavet

Translation

Dann, nach langer Zeit, o Herr der Menschen, kehrt er in diese Welt zurück und erlangt die schwer zu erlangende menschliche Geburt; so wird er Herr über Reichtümer von vielen Krore.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter/from that
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमसूचक (from there/thereafter)

• कालेन: by time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• महता: great
• महता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कालेन)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/contrast)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: नराणाम् ईश्वरः)

• मानुष्यं: human birth/state
• मानुष्यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); अव्ययभाव; ‘having attained’

• दुष्प्राप्यं: hard-to-obtain
• दुष्प्राप्यं: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुस्-प्राप्य (प्र-आप् धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मानुष्यं); ‘hard to obtain’ (प्राप्य = प्राप्तुं योग्य)

• धनकोटीपतिः: lord of crores of wealth
• धनकोटीपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन-कोटि-पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (धनस्य कोट्याः पतिः/कोटिधनस्य पतिः)

• भवेत्: may become/would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice; addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata / nara-īśvara (king addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, after long cycles of time, is reborn as a wealthy householder; the verse implies a karmic arc from tīrtha merit to rare human birth and immense prosperity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained through dharmic acts at sacred places can fructify as both heavenly enjoyment and later worldly prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage continues the praise of Daśakanyā-tīrtha (Revā Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is specified; it describes the phala (results) of prior tīrtha-based charity.