Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

यावन्ति तस्या रोमाणि तत्प्रसूतेश्च भारत । तावन्ति दिवि मोदन्ते सर्वकामैः सुपूजिताः

Transliteration

yāvanti tasyā romāṇi tatprasūteśca bhārata | tāvanti divi modante sarvakāmaiḥ supūjitāḥ

Translation

Ô Bhārata, autant il y a de poils sur cette vache —et autant sur sa progéniture— autant (d’années) ils se réjouissent au ciel, honorés et comblés de tous les désirs.

Word by Word

• यावन्ति: as many as
• यावन्ति: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; correlating adjective; Nominative plural; qualifying रोमाणि

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (of her/that cow)

• रोमाणि: hairs
• रोमाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/विषय), बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• तत्प्रसूतेः: of its offspring (calf)
• तत्प्रसूतेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-प्रसूति (प्रातिपदिक; तत् + प्रसूति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (of its offspring/birth)

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

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• तावन्ति: so many
• तावन्ति: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; correlative adjective; Nominative plural; (so many)

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• मोदन्ते: they rejoice
• मोदन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; Present indicative 3rd person plural

• सर्वकामैः: with all desired enjoyments
• सर्वकामैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-काम (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + काम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (with all desires/pleasures)

• सुपूजिताः: well-honored, greatly worshipped
• सुपूजिताः: Prayojya-bhava (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपूजित (कृदन्त; सु-उपसर्ग + √पूज् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; past passive participle; predicate adjective of implied subject (they)

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial scene: the donor (or their subtle form) honored in svarga, surrounded by attendants offering garlands and vessels; the kapilā cow appears as a divine symbol, her countless hairs transforming into years of joy.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata
• cow (dhenu/kapilā)
• svarga (divi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text uses vivid sacred imagery to emphasize that go-dāna yields vast and proportionate spiritual reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The reward is being described in the same Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha context—charity at the stated tīrtha is implied.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse continues the phala (result) of kapilā-dāna/go-dāna previously introduced.