Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

नश्यन्ति सत्वरं राजंस्तूलराशिरिवानले । धनपुत्रकलत्राणां पूरयेद्वत्सरत्रयात्

Transliteration

naśyanti satvaraṃ rājaṃstūlarāśirivānale | dhanaputrakalatrāṇāṃ pūrayedvatsaratrayāt

Translation

Ils périssent promptement, ô roi, tels un tas de coton dans le feu. Et en l’espace de trois ans s’accomplissent la richesse, les enfants et la prospérité liée à l’épouse.

Word by Word

• नश्यन्ति: perish, are destroyed
• नश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सत्वरम्: quickly, at once
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तूलराशिः: a heap of cotton
• तूलराशिः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तूल (प्रातिपदिक) + राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• इव: like, as
• इव: Upama-suchaka (Comparative marker/उपमासूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle of comparison/उपमावाचक)

• अनले: in fire
• अनले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• धनपुत्रकलत्राणाम्: of wealth, sons, and wife
• धनपुत्रकलत्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + कलत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter; collective dvandva), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पूरयेत्: would fill/complete
• पूरयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्/पॄ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• वत्सरत्रयात्: from/within three years
• वत्सरत्रयात्: Apadana (Source/limit—after/within/अवधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Revākhaṇḍa addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādityeśvara (context of preceding verses)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a king (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king hears that obstacles perish instantly like cotton in flame; the sacred precinct glows with solar radiance and Śaiva emblems, suggesting rapid dissolution of misfortune and the blossoming of household prosperity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma integrates spiritual purification with worldly well-being, presenting devotion and discipline as sources of both relief and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha connected with Ādityeśvara/Sun worship, whose observance yields swift benefits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is added here; it continues describing the phala of the Sunday snāna–pradakṣiṇā–dāna–darśana observance.