Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

सुरूपः सुभगश्चैव सर्वव्याधिविवर्जितः । जीवेद्वर्षशतं साग्रं सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः

Transliteration

surūpaḥ subhagaścaiva sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ | jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ

Translation

Beau et fortuné, exempt de toute maladie, il vit cent années pleines et davantage, honoré par tous les peuples.

Word by Word

• सुरूपः: handsome
• सुरूपः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-रूप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: सु + रूपः; विशेषणम्

• सुभगः: fortunate, charming
• सुभगः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-भग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: सु + भग; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• सर्वव्याधिविवर्जितः: free from all diseases
• सर्वव्याधिविवर्जितः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-व्याधि-विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अर्थे: सर्वेभ्यः व्याधिभ्यः विवर्जितः = free from all diseases); विशेषणम्

• जीवेत्: may live
• जीवेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वर्षशतम्: a hundred years
• वर्षशतम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष-शत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः: शतं वर्षाणि (a hundred years)

• साग्रम्: with an additional (amount), more than
• साग्रम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Qualifier of duration)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अग्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: स + अग्र (with an excess); विशेषणम् (qualifies वर्षशतम्)

• सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः: revered by all people
• सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-लोक-नमस्कृत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: सर्वैः लोकैः नमस्कृतः (honoured by all worlds/people); विशेषणम्

Speaker

Unspecified in this snippet (tīrtha-māhātmya narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, disease-free king with auspicious marks is shown being honored by citizens; subtle iconography indicates the merit-source as a prior Narmadā pilgrimage (river, ghat, liṅga shrine in background).

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha merit is presented as holistic well-being—beauty, fortune, health, longevity, and social reverence—grounded in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha in Revākhaṇḍa Adhyāya 148; this verse summarizes its worldly fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit practice is stated in this verse; it concludes a list of promised benefits.