Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

गते वर्षसहस्रान्ते मानुष्यं लभते पुनः । धनधान्यचयोपेतः पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः

Transliteration

gate varṣasahasrānte mānuṣyaṃ labhate punaḥ | dhanadhānyacayopetaḥ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ

Translation

lorsqu’un millier d’années s’est écoulé, obtient de nouveau une naissance humaine, comblé d’abondance de richesses et de grains, et entouré de fils et de petits-fils.

Word by Word

• गते: when (it) has passed
• गते: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: गम्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम् (अन्ते इति विशेष्ये) — locative absolute sense ‘when ... has passed’

• वर्षसहस्रान्ते: at the end of a thousand years
• वर्षसहस्रान्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + सहस्र + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (वर्षाणां सहस्रस्य अन्तः)

• मानुष्यं: human state/birth
• मानुष्यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; पुनरर्थक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (again)

• धनधान्यचयोपेतः: endowed with heaps of wealth and grain
• धनधान्यचयोपेतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन + धान्य + चय + उपेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (धन-धान्य-चयेन उपेतः)

• पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः: accompanied by sons and grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र + पौत्र + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (पुत्र-पौत्रैः समन्वितः)

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ahalyeśvara-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a long celestial sojourn, the soul returns to human birth in a prosperous household, with granaries full and a lineage of sons and grandsons—fruits of Ahalyeśvara merit.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Rebirth (mānuṣya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha devotion yields multi-life fruit: heavenly attainment followed by a fortunate rebirth aligned with dharma and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ahalyeśvara/Ahalyā-tīrtha complex on the Narmadā (Revā) as framed by Adhyāya 136.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite; it continues the phalaśruti for snāna and Śiva-pūjā at the tīrtha.