Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

न व्याधिर्नैव दारिद्र्यं न चैवेष्टवियोजनम् । सप्तजन्मानि राजेन्द्र सांवौरपरिसेवनात्

Transliteration

na vyādhirnaiva dāridryaṃ na caiveṣṭaviyojanam | saptajanmāni rājendra sāṃvauraparisevanāt

Translation

Ô seigneur des rois, en recourant à Sāṃvaura et en le servant, il n’y a ni maladie, ni pauvreté, ni séparation d’avec ce qui est cher—durant sept naissances.

Word by Word

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

• व्याधिः: disease
• व्याधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — emphatic particle

• दारिद्र्यम्: poverty
• दारिद्र्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative singular

• 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 (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — emphatic particle

• इष्टवियोजनम्: separation from what is dear
• इष्टवियोजनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्ट + वियोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (इष्टस्य वियोजनम्)

• सप्तजन्मानि: for seven births
• सप्तजन्मानि: Kāla-adhikarana (Extent of time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन — Neuter, Accusative plural; द्विगु-समास (सप्त जन्मानि)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular; तत्पुरुष (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः)

• सांवौरपरिसेवनात्: from attending/serving (the tīrtha of) Sāṃvaura
• सांवौरपरिसेवनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांवौर + परिसेवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative singular; तत्पुरुष (सांवौरस्य परिसेवनम्)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṃvaura

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly pilgrim with attendants approaches the Sāṃvaura ghāṭa; scenes of health (physician dismissed), prosperity (granaries full), and reunion (family together) appear as symbolic vignettes around the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Sāṃvaura
• Rājendra (listener epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional association with a sacred tīrtha is portrayed as yielding long-ranging welfare—bodily, material, and relational.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāṃvaura tīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Parisevanā—regularly resorting to, serving, and honoring the tīrtha (pilgrimage/attendance).