Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

नश्यन्ति व्याधयः सर्वे गरुडेनेव पन्नगाः । पुत्रप्राप्तिर्भवेत्तस्य षष्ट्या वासरसेवनात्

Transliteration

naśyanti vyādhayaḥ sarve garuḍeneva pannagāḥ | putraprāptirbhavettasya ṣaṣṭyā vāsarasevanāt

Translation

Toutes les maladies périssent—comme les serpents devant Garuḍa. En servant cette observance durant soixante jours, il obtient la bénédiction d’un fils.

Word by Word

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

• व्याधयः: diseases
• व्याधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• गरुडेनेव: by Garuḍa, as it were
• गरुडेनेव: Karana (Instrument/करण) — उपमायाम्
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक) + इव (अव्यय)
• Form: गरुड-शब्दः: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; इव-निपातेन सह उपमा (simile)

• पन्नगाः: serpents
• पन्नगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• पुत्र-प्राप्तिः: attainment of a son
• पुत्र-प्राप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + प्राप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पुत्रस्य प्राप्तिः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would be/occurs
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तस्य: for him/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• षष्ट्या: by (observing) the sixth (tithi)
• षष्ट्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (by/with the sixth (observance/day))

• वासर-सेवनात्: from/through the observance of the day
• वासर-सेवनात्: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर + सेवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वासरस्य सेवनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: continuing narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvādaśāditya-tīrtha (Revā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Diseases flee like serpents before Garuḍa; a devotee completes a sixty-day observance and receives the blessing of a son (symbolic cradle/child shown with sanctified aura).

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-centered devotion is portrayed as powerfully protective—removing suffering and supporting righteous household aspirations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Revā Khaṇḍa’s glorification of sacred practice in the Revā/Narmadā pilgrimage sphere; the exact tīrtha is not specified in this single line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sustained sixty-day sevana (devotional observance/service), in the context of the preceding pradakṣiṇā practice.