Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

विद्यार्थी लभते विद्यां धनार्थी लभते धनम् । पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रांल्लभेत्कामान् यथेप्सितान्

Transliteration

vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam | putrārthī labhate putrāṃllabhetkāmān yathepsitān

Translation

Celui qui cherche la connaissance obtient la connaissance; celui qui cherche la richesse obtient la richesse. Celui qui désire des fils obtient des fils, et l’on reçoit les vœux exactement selon son souhait.

Word by Word

• विद्यार्थी: a seeker of knowledge (student)
• विद्यार्थी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विद्यायाः अर्थी = one who seeks knowledge)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विद्याम्: knowledge
• विद्याम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• धनार्थी: a seeker of wealth
• धनार्थी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धनस्य अर्थी = one who seeks wealth)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पुत्रार्थी: a seeker of sons/children
• पुत्रार्थी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रस्य अर्थी = one who seeks a son/children)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• लभेत्: may obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कामान्: desired objects/wishes
• कामान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'as, according to')

• ईप्सितान्: desired, wished-for
• ईप्सितान्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (कृदन्त; √आप्/ईप्स् इष्टौ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle sense: 'desired'), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणं 'कामान्'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa māhātmya passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī–Revā Saṅgama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a river confluence making saṅkalpa: a student with palm-leaf manuscript, a merchant with scales, a couple praying for a child, all receiving blessings from the tīrtha’s personified grace.

Characters & Entities

• Revā tīrtha (context)
• kāma-siddhi (wish-fulfilment)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sanctified place aligned with dharma is portrayed as granting both worldly aims and higher good when approached with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Eraṇḍī–Revā sacred zone described in this adhyāya of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific act is stated in this verse; it summarizes the general phala (fruits) obtainable through the tīrtha’s observances.