Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

धनधान्यचयोपेतः पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः । व्याधिशोकविनिर्मुक्तो जीवेच्च शरदां शतम्

Transliteration

dhanadhānyacayopetaḥ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ | vyādhiśokavinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam

Translation

Pourvu d’abondantes richesses et de moissons, béni de fils et de petits-fils, délivré de la maladie et du chagrin, il vivra cent automnes—une longue vie accomplie.

Word by Word

• धनधान्यचयोपेतः: endowed with a heap of wealth and grain
• धनधान्यचयोपेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + धान्य (प्रातिपदिक) + चय (प्रातिपदिक) + उपेत (कृदन्त; √इ (धातु) उपसर्ग-उप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणभावः

• पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः: accompanied by sons and grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; √अन्/अन्वि (धातु) उपसर्ग-सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणभावः

• व्याधिशोकविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from illness and sorrow
• व्याधिशोकविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् (धातु) उपसर्ग-वि+निर्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणभावः

• जीवेत्: may live
• जीवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

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

• शरदाम्: of years (autumns)
• शरदाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate section flow; explicit speaker appears in next adhyāya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-householder at a riverbank tīrtha: granaries full, family (sons and grandsons) gathered, the devotee offering water and flowers; a serene aura indicating freedom from disease and grief; autumnal light suggesting ‘śaradāṃ śatam’.

Characters & Entities

• putra (sons)
• pautra (grandsons)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-dharma is portrayed as granting both abhyudaya (worldly welfare) and auspicious life-conditions supportive of spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This continues the phala sequence connected to Sāvitrī Tīrtha and the surrounding Revā Khaṇḍa sacred-route context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No separate prescription; it summarizes the beneficent results—prosperity, lineage continuity, health, and longevity.