Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

सप्त जन्मानि तस्यैव वियोगो न च वै क्वचित् । एतत्ते कथितं राजन् संक्षेपेण फलं महत्

Transliteration

sapta janmāni tasyaiva viyogo na ca vai kvacit | etatte kathitaṃ rājan saṃkṣepeṇa phalaṃ mahat

Translation

Durant sept naissances, pour lui il n’y a nulle séparation, en aucun temps. Ô roi, ce grand fruit t’a été exposé en bref.

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; (qualifies जन्मानि)

• जन्मानि: births; lifetimes
• जन्मानि: Adhikarana (Time-span/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• वियोगः: separation
• वियोगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

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

• वै: indeed; surely
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/assuring particle)

• क्वचित्: ever; anywhere
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (adverb: 'ever/anywhere')

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी विभक्ति (4th/Dative); एकवचन; (enclitic form)

• कथितम्: told; narrated
• कथितम्: Kriya (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; 'told/said'

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

• संक्षेपेण: briefly; in summary
• संक्षेपेण: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (instrumental used adverbially: 'briefly')

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies फलम्)

Speaker

Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing a king (rājan/nṛpa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śukla Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted couple stands before a Śiva shrine at the riverbank, offering paired lamps/garlands; behind them, a symbolic chain of seven lotuses signifies seven births without separation; the narrator addresses the king in a courtly setting as a framing device.

Characters & Entities

• rājan (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional acts dedicated to Rudra are said to stabilize auspicious bonds and confer long-ranging blessings beyond a single lifetime.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to Śukla Tīrtha’s glorification in the Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse summarizes the fruit; the immediately preceding context ties it to Śukla Tīrtha pradakṣiṇā and Rudra-directed worship.