Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततोऽवकीर्णकालेन त्विह मानुष्यतां गतः । धनधान्यसमोपेतो जायते विपुले कुले

Transliteration

tato'vakīrṇakālena tviha mānuṣyatāṃ gataḥ | dhanadhānyasamopeto jāyate vipule kule

Translation

Puis, lorsque le temps qui lui était imparti s’achève, il revient ici à la condition humaine ; doté de richesses et d’abondance de grains, il naît dans une grande lignée prospère.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/krama-bodhaka (Sequencing)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• avakīrṇa-kālena: when the time has passed
• avakīrṇa-kālena: Kāla-nimitta (Temporal instrument/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avakīrṇa (कृदन्त; ava+√kṝ/√kṛ? here √kṝ 'to scatter' → अवकीर्ण, past participle) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (avakīrṇaḥ kālaḥ = the time having elapsed/been spent)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• iha: here (in this world)
• iha: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• mānuṣyatām: human state/humanity
• mānuṣyatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• gataḥ: having gone/attained
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + ta (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे विशेषणवत्

• dhana-dhānya-samopetaḥ: endowed with wealth and grain
• dhana-dhānya-samopetaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + samupeta (कृदन्त; sam+upa+√i 'to go/approach' → उपेत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (dhana-dhānya- = wealth & grain as qualifiers) + कृदन्त-विशेषण (samopeta = endowed)

• jāyate: is born
• jāyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• vipule: great/large
• vipule: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vipula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kule: in a family
• kule: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalhoḍī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A soul descends from celestial realms after merit is spent and is reborn in a prosperous household with granaries and wealth, signifying dharmic fruition.

Characters & Entities

• Mānuṣya-janma (human birth)
• Dhana-dhānya (wealth and grain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puṇya bears fruit both beyond and within this world—after heavenly enjoyment, one returns to an auspicious human life marked by prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse concludes the phala of the Kapilātīrtha/kapilā-dāna sequence in Revākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it states the worldly consequence (prosperous rebirth) of the earlier snāna and kapilā-dāna.