Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

मागधी राजतनया तत्र त्वं मम गेहिनी । पंचमेऽवंतिनाथोऽहं भविष्यामि भवांतरे

Transliteration

māgadhī rājatanayā tatra tvaṃ mama gehinī | paṃcame'vaṃtinātho'haṃ bhaviṣyāmi bhavāṃtare

Translation

Dort wirst du als Tochter des Königs von Magadhā meine Gemahlin sein. In einem weiteren Umlauf des Daseins, in der fünften Geburt, werde ich der Herr von Avanti sein.

Word by Word

• मागधी: a Magadhī woman (from Magadha)
• मागधी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मागधी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; जनपदवाचक-स्त्री

• राजतनया: (a) king’s daughter
• राजतनया: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज-तनयā (प्रातिपदिक; राज + तनयā)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (राज्ञः तनयā)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गेहिनी: wife/householder woman
• गेहिनी: Predicative complement (विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गेहिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पंचमे: in the fifth
• पंचमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• अवंतिनाथः: lord of Avanti
• अवंतिनाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवंतिन्-नाथ (प्रातिपदिक; अवंतिन् + नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अवंतिनः नाथः)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भविष्यामि: I will be
• भविष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भवांतरे: in another birth
• भवांतरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव-अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक; भव + अन्तर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भवस्य अन्तरम्)

Speaker

King (Rājā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avanti (Ujjayinī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophecy that culminates in Avanti-lordship: the wife appears as Magadha’s princess; the future king is envisioned with Ujjain’s Mahākāla aura—Śiva’s presence implied through trident/linga silhouettes and the river Śiprā.

Characters & Entities

• Magadhā
• Avanti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even celebrated regions and rulership (like Avanti) are part of saṃsāra unless anchored in devotion and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avanti is named (a famed sacred region in Purāṇic geography), though this verse states future rulership rather than a tīrtha-rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.