Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तेन कर्मविपाकेन क्षयरोगी शशी ह्यभूत् । त्यक्त्वा लोकं सुरेन्द्राणां मर्त्यलोकमुपागतः

Transliteration

tena karmavipākena kṣayarogī śaśī hyabhūt | tyaktvā lokaṃ surendrāṇāṃ martyalokamupāgataḥ

Translation

その業の熟した報いにより、シャシーは肺病に苦しむ身となった。神々の主たちの世界を離れ、彼は死すべき人間界へと降り来た。

Word by Word

• tena: by that, due to that
• tena: Karana (Cause/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• karma-vipākena: by the fruition of karma
• karma-vipākena: Karana (Cause/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma (प्रातिपदिक) + vipāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास = ‘ripening/result of karma’

• kṣaya-rogī: afflicted with consumption
• kṣaya-rogī: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक) + rogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास = ‘one having consumption (TB)’ (qualifying śaśī)

• śaśī: the Moon
• śaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): emphasis ‘indeed’

• abhūt: became
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Imperfective past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √tyaj (धातु) (कृदन्त, त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having abandoned’

• lokam: world
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• surendrāṇām: of the lords of gods (Indras)
• surendrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surendra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• martya-lokam: the mortal world
• martya-lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास = ‘world of mortals’

• upāgataḥ: arrived, came
• upāgataḥ: Kriya (Resultant state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√gam (धातु) (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP) used predicatively with implied ‘abhavat/āsīt’ = ‘came/arrived’

Speaker

Narrator of Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced; explicit speaker not in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaśī, once radiant among devas, appears pale and emaciated with signs of consumption; a celestial gateway closes behind as he descends toward an earthly landscape near a sacred river.

Characters & Entities

• Śaśī
• Candra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even exalted beings are portrayed as subject to karmic fruition, reinforcing the inevitability of moral causation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not yet specified in this verse; the subsequent verses move toward Narmadā/Revā as the purifier.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates karmic consequence and descent.