Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तस्य पुण्यफलं यद्वै तन्निबोध नराधिप । शतं वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे मोदति पाण्डव

Transliteration

tasya puṇyaphalaṃ yadvai tannibodha narādhipa | śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi svarge modati pāṇḍava

Translation

So erkenne die Frucht seines Verdienstes, o König: Hunderttausend Jahre lang erfreut er sich im Himmel, o Pāṇḍava.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him, his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Generic), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुण्यफलम्: fruit of merit
• पुण्यफलम्: Karman/Visheya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य-फल (प्रातिपदिक; पुण्य + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); अत्र 'यद्' इत्यस्य विशेष्य (that which is the merit-fruit)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/खलु-अर्थ (emphatic particle)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); 'निबोध' इत्यस्य कर्म

• निबोध: know, understand
• निबोध: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-बुध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-अधिप (प्रातिपदिक; नर + अधिप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Measure/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); परिमाणवाचक (measure)

• वर्षसहस्राणि: thousands of years
• वर्षसहस्राणि: Kriya-visheshana (Duration/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष + सहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); कालपरिमाण (duration)

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• पाण्डव: O Pāṇḍava
• पाण्डव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa, addressed also as Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal listener (Pāṇḍava) seated respectfully before a sage narrator; above them a luminous svarga realm with apsaras and gardens symbolizing ‘śataṃ varṣa-sahasrāṇi’ enjoyment.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Pāṇḍava
• Narādhipa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma generates measurable puṇya with promised heavenly fruition, reinforcing confidence in moral causality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative; the site is the Revā/Narmadā tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is added; it quantifies the svarga-fruit of the previously described dharmic conduct.