Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

एवं प्रतिज्ञां कृत्वासौ जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् । क्रोधेन महताविष्टः संस्कृत्य पितरं ततः

Transliteration

evaṃ pratijñāṃ kṛtvāsau jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān | krodhena mahatāviṣṭaḥ saṃskṛtya pitaraṃ tataḥ

Translation

Ainsi, après avoir prononcé ce vœu, le vaillant Jāmadagnya, saisi d’une colère immense, accomplit alors les rites funéraires pour son père.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of manner)

• प्रतिज्ञाम्: a vow, promise
• प्रतिज्ञाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• कृत्वा: having made/done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• असौ: he (that one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• जामदग्न्यः: Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• जामदग्न्यः: Karta (Subject; apposition to असौ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य (प्रातिपदिक; जमदग्नि-अपत्य)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); गोत्र/पैत्रिक-नाम (patronymic)

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• प्रतापवान्: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• क्रोधेन: with/by anger
• क्रोधेन: Karana (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• महतā: great, intense
• महतā: Karana (Instrument-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental, Singular); विशेषण (qualifier of क्रोधेन)

• आविष्टः: possessed/overcome (by)
• आविष्टः: Karta (Subject predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• संस्कृत्य: having duly performed (rites for)
• संस्कृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having performed rites/treated properly)

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (indeclinable adverb: then/thereafter)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paraśurāma, still blazing with anger, completes his father’s funeral rites—fire altar, offerings, and solemn gestures—while the atmosphere remains tense and grief-laden.

Characters & Entities

• Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• Father (Jamadagni implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid intense emotion, the Purāṇic ideal maintains that one must complete pitṛ-duties—rites for the departed—without neglect.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a transitional step toward the later sanctified geography (Samantapañcaka).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃskāra for the father—funeral/last rites (antyeṣṭi-related rites) are explicitly mentioned.