Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 184

Devanagari script

धनधान्यसमायुक्तो वेदविद्यासमन्वितः । सर्वव्याधिविनिर्मुक्तो जीवेच्च शरदां शतम्

Transliteration

dhanadhānyasamāyukto vedavidyāsamanvitaḥ | sarvavyādhivinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam

Translation

Pourvu de richesses et d’abondance de grains, accompli dans la science védique, affranchi de toute maladie, il vivrait cent automnes (années) entiers.

Word by Word

• dhana-dhānya-samāyuktaḥ: endowed with wealth and grain
• dhana-dhānya-samāyuktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from sam-ā-√yuj (धातु))
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (dhana-dhānyena samāyuktaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त-विशेषण

• veda-vidyā-samanvitaḥ: possessed of Vedic learning and knowledge
• veda-vidyā-samanvitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from sam-anu-√i (धातु))
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (veda-vidyābhyāṃ samanvitaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त-विशेषण

• sarva-vyādhi-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from all diseases
• sarva-vyādhi-vinirmuktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vinirmukta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from vi-nis-√muc (धातु))
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (sarva-vyādhibhyaḥ vinirmuktaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त-विशेषण

• jīvet: should live
• jīvet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jīv (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• śaradām: of autumns/years
• śaradām: Kāla (Time measure/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); कालपरिमाणे (in measure of time)

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Kāla (Time measure/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); परिमाण (measure)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from nearby context in Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhārabhūtyā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa householder in a clean, prosperous home: granaries full, manuscripts and students present, the person radiant and healthy, with symbols of long life (autumnal harvest, clear sky).

Characters & Entities

• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit is portrayed as supporting dharma in embodied life—prosperity, learning, health, and longevity—so one can live rightly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the same tīrtha narrative stream in Revā Khaṇḍa, tied to the previously praised sacred locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite appears in this verse; it lists the fruits (phala) resulting from the tīrtha’s merit.