Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ततश्चैव क्षये जाते जायते विमले कुले । वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः

Transliteration

tataścaiva kṣaye jāte jāyate vimale kule | vedavedāṅgatattvajñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ

Translation

Et lorsque ce fruit s’épuise, il renaît dans une lignée pure et sans tache, connaissant le sens véritable des Veda et des Vedāṅga, et accompli dans tous les śāstra.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Temporal adverb (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (from that/thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis particle (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (indeed/just)

• क्षये: at the end (upon exhaustion)
• क्षये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘at the end/when it is exhausted’

• जाते: when (it) has occurred
• जाते: Locative absolute (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; √जन्)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुं/नपुंसक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे; ‘when (it) has occurred’

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘is born/arises’

• विमले: pure
• विमले: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘pure’ (qualifying ‘कुले’)

• कुले: in a family/lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञः: knower of the truths of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + वेदाङ्ग + तत्त्व + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘वेद-वेदाङ्ग-तत्त्वं जानाति’ इति)

• सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः: expert in all scriptures
• सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + शास्त्र + विशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘सर्वेषु शास्त्रेषु विशारदः’)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Same interlocutor as preceding verses (king/Bhārata-line)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A transition tableau: a soul returning from a luminous realm into a ‘vimalakula’ household where Vedic study is underway—teacher, palm-leaf manuscripts, sacred thread ceremony motifs.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-merit and dharmic living mature into refined rebirth—purity of lineage and clarity of śāstric understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa (the passage speaks generally of the tīrtha’s fruit).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-sevā (such as snāna and dāna) whose fruit is described as learned, auspicious rebirth.