Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

पूज्यमानो नरश्रेष्ठ वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः । व्याधिशोकविनिर्मुक्तो जीवेच्च शरदां शतम्

Transliteration

pūjyamāno naraśreṣṭha vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ | vyādhiśokavinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam

Translation

Honoré comme le meilleur des hommes, il devient versé dans les Veda et leurs Vedāṅga; délivré de la maladie et du chagrin, il vit cent automnes.

Word by Word

• pūjyamānaḥ: being worshipped
• pūjyamānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + māna (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि प्रयोगे वर्तमानकृदन्तः (शानच्/मान), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Present passive participle, Masculine, Nominative singular

• naraśreṣṭha: O best of men
• naraśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः; पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; Vocative singular

• veda-vedāṅga-pāragaḥ: one who has mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• veda-vedāṅga-pāragaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + vedāṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + pāraga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (वेदवेदाङ्गयोः पारगः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Masculine nominative singular

• vyādhi-śoka-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from disease and sorrow
• vyādhi-śoka-vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक) + śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + vinirmukta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (व्याधिशोकाभ्यां विनिर्मुक्तः); भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Past passive participle used adjectivally, Masculine nominative singular

• jīvet: may live
• jīvet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jīv (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Optative, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः; Conjunction/particle

• śaradām: of years (autumns)
• śaradām: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; Feminine genitive plural

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Kāla-parimāṇa (Measure of time/कालपरिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; Neuter accusative singular (measure/extent)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (Revākhaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim is honored by sages and townsfolk at a riverside shrine; offerings, lamps, and flowers are presented; the pilgrim appears radiant, free from affliction, with manuscripts/veda symbols indicating learning and long life.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Vedāṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha merit is linked not only to otherworldly reward but also to dharmic excellence—learning, honor, health, and long life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha praised in Adhyāya 135 of the Revākhaṇḍa (contextual reference).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is specified here; it summarizes the life-fruits resulting from the earlier snāna and Umā-Rudra pūjā.