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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ऋतावृतौ हि नारीणां सेवनाज्जायते सुतः । सुतात्स्वर्गश्च मोक्षश्च इत्येवं श्रुतिभाषितम्

Transliteration

ṛtāvṛtau hi nārīṇāṃ sevanājjāyate sutaḥ | sutātsvargaśca mokṣaśca ityevaṃ śrutibhāṣitam

Translation

受胎の季節において、女人との交わりにより男子が生まれる。子より天界も、さらには解脱（モークシャ）も得られる—これぞシュルティの宣説である。

Word by Word
ऋतौin the season (menses)
ऋतौ:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of time)
अृतौin the (proper) season
अृतौ:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of time)
हिindeed/for
हि:
Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ
नारीणाम्of women
नारीणाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनारी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
सेवनात्from intercourse/service
सेवनात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootसेवन (प्रातिपदिक; √सेव् (धातु) + ल्युट्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादानार्थ (ablative of cause)
जायतेis born/arises
जायते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (intransitive ‘is born’)
सुतःa son
सुतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (प्रातिपदिक; √सू (धातु) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (subject)
सुतात्from a son
सुतात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादान (ablative ‘from’)
स्वर्गःheaven
स्वर्गः:
Karta/Pratijna (Co-ordinate/समुच्चय)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समुच्चित विषय (co-ordinate subject)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
मोक्षःliberation
मोक्षः:
Karta/Pratijna (Co-ordinate/समुच्चय)
TypeNoun
Rootमोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समुच्चित विषय
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
इतिthus
इति:
Quotation marker (इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)
एवम्in this manner
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formरीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb of manner)
श्रुतिभाषितम्declared by the Veda (śruti)
श्रुतिभाषितम्:
Visheshana (Predicate/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रुति + भाषित (प्रातिपदिक; √भाष् (धातु) + क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुषभाव: ‘श्रुत्या भाषितम्’; विधेयविशेषण (predicate adjective)
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic scene: a sage instructs householders on ṛtu-dharma beside the flowing Revā; a couple stands respectfully, with a cradle symbolizing putra and a śruti manuscript indicating scriptural authority.

Characters & Entities
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
Ś
Śruti

FAQs

It presents progeny within gṛhastha dharma as linked to ancestral continuity and religious merit, citing Śruti authority.

No site is named in this verse; it supports the broader Somnātha narrative in Revā Khaṇḍa.

It implies ṛtu-kāla conduct (timely marital union) as a dharmic observance; no separate pilgrimage rite is stated.

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