Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

न तेषां सन्ततिच्छेदो दश जन्मानि पञ्च च । तेषां पापं विलीयेत हिमं सूर्योदये यथा

Transliteration

na teṣāṃ santaticchedo daśa janmāni pañca ca | teṣāṃ pāpaṃ vilīyeta himaṃ sūryodaye yathā

Translation

Für sie gibt es keinen Abbruch der Linie über fünfzehn Geburten hinweg; und ihre Sünde schmilzt dahin wie Reif beim Sonnenaufgang.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• santati-chhedaḥ: cutting off of lineage
• santati-chhedaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: santati (प्रातिपदिक) + chheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सन्ततेः छेदः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; modifies janmāni

• janmāni: births
• janmāni: Kāla/Parimāṇa (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; (elliptically) with janmāni

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vilīyeta: would dissolve / should melt away
• vilīyeta: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lī (धातु) + vi-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• himam: snow
• himam: Dṛṣṭānta (Example-term/दृष्टान्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sūryodaye: at sunrise
• sūryodaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūryodaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य उदयः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Upamāna (Comparison-marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Revā Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā tīrtha (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sunrise over a cold riverbank; frost on stones dissolves as first rays touch; a pilgrim emerges from snāna with folded hands, aura of purification suggested by light.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a great tīrtha is said to protect worldly continuity (lineage) and to hasten purification (pāpa-kṣaya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā’s tīrtha-sphere, continuing the praise of the Adhyāya 29 confluence context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly refers back to the preceding acts at Narmadā (taking/drinking the water, pradakṣiṇā); this verse states their results.