Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

श्रुतेन येन सुभगे दुर्भगत्वं न पश्यति । यथा हिमं रविं प्राप्य विलयं याति भूतले

Transliteration

śrutena yena subhage durbhagatvaṃ na paśyati | yathā himaṃ raviṃ prāpya vilayaṃ yāti bhūtale

Translation

Ô bienheureuse, en l’entendant, le malheur ne se voit plus ; telle la gelée, rencontrant le soleil, elle se fond sur la terre.

Word by Word

• श्रुतेन: by learning / by hearing (scripture)
• श्रुतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by/with hearing/scriptural learning)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, instrumental singular (by which)

• सुभगे: O fortunate lady
• सुभगे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (सम्बोधन), एकवचन; Vocative singular (O fortunate one)

• दुर्भगत्वम्: misfortune (state)
• दुर्भगत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्भगत्व (प्रातिपदिक; दुर्भग + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (state of misfortune)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय; negative particle

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative, 3rd sg (sees)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा/प्रकार-अव्यय; adverb/conjunction (just as)

• हिमम्: snow
• हिमम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• रविम्: the sun
• रविम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• प्राप्य: having reached/attained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त); Absolutive/gerund (having reached)

• विलयम्: dissolution, melting
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (dissolution)

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative, 3rd sg (goes/attains)

• भूतले: on the earth/ground
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (on the ground)

Speaker

Nārada (continued discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: subhagā (addressed lady)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic scene: a revered narrator instructs a ‘fortunate lady’; the metaphor is visualized as white frost on earth dissolving under a rising sun, symbolizing misfortune vanishing through sacred hearing.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Ravi (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) itself is presented as transformative, dissolving misfortune through sacred knowledge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tirtha is named; the teaching sits within the Revā-khaṇḍa’s dharma narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is śravaṇa—listening to the vow’s greatness as a meritorious act.