Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

द्वितीये जन्मनि भवेद्ध्रदस्यानुचरोत्कटः । तथैव ब्रह्मचर्येण सोपवासो जितेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

dvitīye janmani bhaveddhradasyānucarotkaṭaḥ | tathaiva brahmacaryeṇa sopavāso jitendriyaḥ

Translation

Dans une seconde naissance, il devient un redoutable serviteur du lac (tīrtha). De même, il demeure en brahmacarya, jeûnant et maîtrisant ses sens.

Word by Word

• द्वितीये: in the second
• द्वितीये: Adhikarana-visheshana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying 'जन्मनि')

• जन्मनि: in (a) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• ह्रदस्य: of the lake (Hrada)
• ह्रदस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अनुचरः: attendant, follower
• अनुचरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उत्कटः: fierce, formidable
• उत्कटः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्कट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying 'अनुचरः')

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• ब्रह्मचर्येण: by celibacy, by brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचर्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उपवासः: fasting (one who fasts)
• उपवासः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); 'सोपवासः' इति स-उपवासः (having fasting)

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जि (धातु) → जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त) समासान्त विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda Purāṇa voice) addressing a Pāṇḍava interlocutor (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hradā/Kunda associated with Revā-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa / Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An austere guardian-attendant near a lotus-filled lake, wearing simple cloth, holding a staff and water-pot, maintaining vigil; pilgrims approach respectfully.

Characters & Entities

• Hrada (sacred lake)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit ripens into service: devotion to a tīrtha can manifest as continued ascetic discipline and sacred-site attendance across lives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred hrada (lake/pond) within the Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha setting of Āvantya-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Brahmacarya (celibate discipline) combined with upavāsa (fasting) and sense-control.