Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

तव जन्मान्यतीतानि शतकोट्ययुतानि च । अजानंत्याः परं तत्त्वं संप्राप्तोऽयं महाश्रमः

Transliteration

tava janmānyatītāni śatakoṭyayutāni ca | ajānaṃtyāḥ paraṃ tattvaṃ saṃprāpto'yaṃ mahāśramaḥ

Translation

Unzählige deiner Geburten—Hundert Krore und Zehntausende—sind bereits vergangen; und weil du die höchste Wirklichkeit nicht erkannt hast, ist diese große Ermattung über dich gekommen.

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• जन्मानि: births
• जन्मानि: Karta (Subject/implicit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अतीतानि: past/elapsed
• अतीतानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीत (कृदन्त; √इ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक विशेषण

• शतकोट्ययुतानि: hundreds of crores and ten-thousands (in number)
• शतकोट्ययुतानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत + कोटि + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (Plural); संख्यावाचक-समासः (समाहार-द्वन्द्व)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अजानन्त्याः: of (you) not knowing
• अजानन्त्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + √ज्ञा (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि; नकारार्थक-उपसर्ग (not knowing)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• तत्त्वम्: truth/reality
• तत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• संप्राप्तः: has arisen/has come about
• संप्राप्तः: Kriyā (Predicative verbal)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √प्राप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकालिक (past participle) — 'has come/has arisen'

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• महाश्रमः: great toil/affliction
• महाश्रमः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + श्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—महान् श्रमः (कर्मधारय)

Speaker

A Purāṇic teacher (speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A weary traveler-soul carrying a bundle labeled 'janma' across a long road of lifetimes; a luminous symbol of parama-tattva (jyoti/linga/omniscient light) ahead, indicating the remedy.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Saṃsāra is prolonged by ignorance of the highest truth; knowledge of tattva is the remedy for existential suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is referenced; it is a general liberation-oriented instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse points toward tattva-jñāna (realization of the supreme truth).