Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

दरिद्रो व्याधितो मूको बधिरो जड एव च । न भवेत्सप्त जन्मानि इत्येवं शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

daridro vyādhito mūko badhiro jaḍa eva ca | na bhavetsapta janmāni ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

Translation

Śaṅkara declaró: «Durante siete nacimientos, no se volverá pobre, enfermo, mudo, sordo ni de entendimiento torpe».

Word by Word

• दरिद्रः: poor
• दरिद्रः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• व्याधितः: diseased
• व्याधितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याधित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मूकः: mute
• मूकः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बधिरः: deaf
• बधिरः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बधिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जडः: dull/stupid
• जडः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle)

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

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• भवेत्: would become/be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्याशब्द/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्गे जन्मानि-विशेषणरूपेण, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (agreeing with जन्मानि)

• जन्मानि: births
• जन्मानि: Adhikarana (Temporal span/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'thus/in this way')

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara’s authoritative declaration is visualized as a boon-bestowing assurance: devotees afflicted by poverty or illness are shown transformed—standing upright, hearing, speaking, and radiant—under the Sun’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva affirms that sincere sacred practice yields long-lasting protection from debilitating conditions, emphasizing dharmic merit (puṇya) across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in the Revā-khaṇḍa context, implying the merit connected with Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse is a phalaśruti (result statement); the specific practice is indicated in adjacent verses (e.g., mantra-japa and worship).