Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

मोदते सुचिरं कालं पितृपूजाफलधितः । ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो जायते विमले कुले

Transliteration

modate suciraṃ kālaṃ pitṛpūjāphaladhitaḥ | tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jāyate vimale kule

Translation

Mit der Frucht der Ahnenverehrung begabt, erfreut er sich lange Zeit. Dann, wenn sein himmlisches Verdienst erschöpft ist und er aus dem Himmel herabfällt, wird er in einer makellosen, edlen und reinen Familie geboren.

Word by Word

• मोदते: rejoices, delights
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• सुचिरम्: for a long time
• सुचिरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially)

• कालम्: time, period
• कालम्: Kriya-vishaya (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पितृपूजाफलधितः: one endowed with the fruit of worship of the ancestors
• पितृपूजाफलधितः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ-पूजा-फल-धित (प्रातिपदिक; पितृ + पूजा + फल + धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying the subject)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequence adverb)

• स्वर्गात्: from heaven
• स्वर्गात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• परिभ्रष्टः: fallen down, slipped away
• परिभ्रष्टः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-भ्रंश् (धातु) → परिभ्रष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• विमले: pure, spotless
• विमले: Adhikarana-visheshana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying 'कुले')

• कुले: in a family, lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda Purāṇa voice) addressing a Pāṇḍava interlocutor (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā-associated)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa / Pāṇḍava (king of Pāṇḍu-line)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim performs pitṛ-tarpaṇa at a sacred riverbank; subtle vision of svarga enjoyment above, and a radiant ‘vimala-kula’ household below indicating auspicious rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meritorious rites yield svarga, but when merit ends rebirth follows—here promised as a noble birth due to pitṛ-pūjā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative (Revā/Narmadā sacred region) in Āvantya-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is introduced; it states the extended fruit of pitṛ-pūjā previously prescribed.