Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

मरिष्यति न मे भर्ता ह्यादित्यो नोदयिष्यति । अन्धकारं जगत्सर्वं क्षीयते नाद्य शर्वरी

Transliteration

mariṣyati na me bhartā hyādityo nodayiṣyati | andhakāraṃ jagatsarvaṃ kṣīyate nādya śarvarī

Translation

私の夫は死なず、太陽は昇らないでしょう。全世界が闇に包まれ、今日という日が夜のままでありますように。

Word by Word

• मरिष्यति: will die
• मरिष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• भर्ता: husband
• भर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• आदित्यः: the Sun
• आदित्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• उदयिष्यति: will rise
• उदयिष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अन्धकारम्: darkness
• अन्धकारम्: Karma/State (Object or resultant state/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (or नपुंसकलिङ्ग usage), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• क्षीयते: perishes/wanes
• क्षीयते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षि (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (passive/intransitive sense)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

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

Speaker

Unspecified woman (contextual speaker within Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed in nearby verses; epic-style interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A determined woman pronounces a world-stopping vow: the sun refuses to rise; the horizon remains sealed in night; figures freeze in anxious stillness under a heavy, starless sky.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speech charged with resolve can affect cosmic order; dharma protects life, while adharma invites upheaval.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger Revā (Narmadā) sacred narrative context applies; this verse is a dramatic turning point rather than a tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it highlights the potency of a vow-like declaration (saṅkalpa) and its consequences.