Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

क्षुधया पीड्यते भार्या पुत्रभृत्यादयस्तदा । मोहजालेषु योज्यन्ते एवं देवगणैर्नराः

Transliteration

kṣudhayā pīḍyate bhāryā putrabhṛtyādayastadā | mohajāleṣu yojyante evaṃ devagaṇairnarāḥ

Translation

Alors l’épouse, les enfants, les serviteurs et les autres sont tourmentés par la faim. Ainsi les hommes sont pris dans des filets d’illusion—ainsi l’ordonnent les troupes des devas, comme une entrave.

Word by Word

• क्षुधया: by hunger
• क्षुधया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुध्/क्षुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• पीड्यते: is afflicted
• पीड्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपद

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुत्रभृत्यादयः: sons, servants, and others
• पुत्रभृत्यादयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भृत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (पुत्राश्च भृत्याश्च) + 'आदि' समाहारसूचक

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb of time)

• मोहजालेषु: in nets of delusion
• मोहजालेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक) + जाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मोहस्य जालानि)

• योज्यन्ते: are yoked/entangled
• योज्यन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb: manner)

• देवगणैः: by the hosts of gods
• देवगणैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां गणाः)

• नराः: men/people
• नराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder-pilgrim stands torn between the luminous riverbank and his home where wife, children, and servants appear hungry; above, subtle divine attendants weave a net-like pattern symbolizing moha-jāla.

Characters & Entities

• Devagaṇa (hosts of gods)
• Moha (delusion)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material anxieties and familial pressures can bind the mind; one must discern and transcend delusion to pursue dharma and tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha; the verse explains why many fail to reach it despite its greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the passage frames obstacles as part of the moral-spiritual testing around pilgrimage.