Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

पूर्णे तत्र ततः काले प्राप्य मानुष्यमुत्तमम् । सुवर्णकोटिसहिते गृहे वै जायते द्विजः

Transliteration

pūrṇe tatra tataḥ kāle prāpya mānuṣyamuttamam | suvarṇakoṭisahite gṛhe vai jāyate dvijaḥ

Translation

Quand le temps qui lui est imparti là s’achève, obtenant une excellente naissance humaine, il naît vraiment comme un deux-fois-né dans une maison pourvue de crores d’or.

Word by Word

• pūrṇe: when (the time) is complete
• pūrṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; ‘पूर्णे (काले)’ इति विशेषणम् (locative singular; adjective)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (indeclinable)

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kramārtha (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/अनन्तरार्थक (indeclinable; ‘then/from that’)

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (locative singular)

• prāpya: having attained
• prāpya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु) + lyap (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having attained)

• mānuṣyam: human birth/state
• mānuṣyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• uttamam: excellent
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter accusative singular; adjective)

• suvarṇa-koṭi-sahite: endowed with crores of gold
• suvarṇa-koṭi-sahite: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sahita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘सुवर्णकोट्या सहिते’ (locative singular; ‘endowed with crores of gold’)

• gṛhe: in a house
• gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (locative singular)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपातः (indeclinable particle; emphatic)

• jāyate: is born
• jāyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम् (present indicative, 3rd sg, ātmanepada)

• dvijaḥ: a Brahmin (twice-born)
• dvijaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (nominative singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial timeline motif: the soul descends from svarga light into a prosperous household where a dvija child is born amid heaps of gold and auspicious rites.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija
• Wealth (suvarṇa-koṭi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meritorious acts yield both otherworldly honor and this-worldly prosperity and auspicious birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha context continues; the verse explains the longer karmic arc of its merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit continuation of tīrtha merit and gold-dāna; no additional rite is specified.