Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

भोगवान्दानशीलश्च जायते पृथिवीपतिः । आधिशोकविनिर्मुक्तो जीवेच्च शरदां शतम्

Transliteration

bhogavāndānaśīlaśca jāyate pṛthivīpatiḥ | ādhiśokavinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam

Translation

Er wird als Herrscher der Erde geboren—wohlhabend und freigebig—frei von Sorge und Kummer, und er lebt hundert Herbste.

Word by Word

• भोगवान्: possessed of enjoyments/prosperous
• भोगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मतुप्-अन्त विशेषण (possessive adjective)

• दानशीलः: generous by nature
• दानशीलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक) + शील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; दानं शीलं यस्य/दानशीलः इति कर्मधारय (descriptive)

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

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

• पृथिवीपतिः: king/lord of the earth
• पृथिवीपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; पृथिव्याः पतिः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• आधिशोकविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from anxiety and grief
• आधिशोकविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आधि (प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + वि + निर् + मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् धातोः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; आधि-शोकयोः विनिर्मुक्तः इति तत्पुरुषः; मुक्त = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (freed)

• जीवेत्: may live
• जीवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• शरदाम्: of autumns/years
• 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; परिमाणवाचक (measure)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Revā Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāverī–Narmadā Saṅgama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (addressed indirectly by surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After celestial merit, the soul is shown reborn as a righteous king: enthroned, distributing gifts, serene-faced, with symbols of long life and prosperity.

Characters & Entities

• Pṛthivīpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-austerity is said to refine destiny—bringing prosperity, charitable disposition, and a life less burdened by grief.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefits are linked to the Adhyāya 29 tīrtha setting around Narmadā and the Kāverī–Narmadā confluence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite here; it continues the reward narrative connected to fasting at the tīrtha.