Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सौभाग्यसन्ततिं नारी श्रुत्वैतत्समवाप्नुयात् । श्रियं सौख्यं स्वर्गवासं जन्म चैवोत्तमे कुले

Transliteration

saubhāgyasantatiṃ nārī śrutvaitatsamavāpnuyāt | śriyaṃ saukhyaṃ svargavāsaṃ janma caivottame kule

Translation

Une femme, en l’écoutant, obtient la bonne fortune et une descendance digne ; elle reçoit prospérité et bonheur, séjour au ciel, et renaît dans une lignée excellente.

Word by Word

• सौभाग्यसन्ततिम्: a lineage/continuity of good fortune
• सौभाग्यसन्ततिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्तति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सौभाग्यस्य सन्ततिः)

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समवाप्नुयात्: should obtain
• समवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: सम्, अव

• श्रियम्: prosperity
• श्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सौख्यम्: happiness
• सौख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• स्वर्गवासम्: dwelling in heaven
• स्वर्गवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वर्गे वासः)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• उत्तमे: excellent
• उत्तमे: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कुले: in a family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Revā Khaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta-like narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-mahātmya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman listens to Purāṇa recitation with folded hands; behind her, symbols of prosperity (lotus, kalasha), children/progeny motif, and a celestial pathway indicating svarga; the atmosphere is auspicious and domestic-temple blended.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devout listening to Narmadā’s greatness is portrayed as a direct cause of auspiciousness, welfare, and elevated rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred tradition is glorified via the promised fruits of hearing her māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) to the sacred account—treated as a devotional act yielding worldly and otherworldly merit.