Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सप्तजन्मानि दाम्पत्यवियोगो न भवेत्क्वचित्

Transliteration

saptajanmāni dāmpatyaviyogo na bhavetkvacit

Translation

អស់រយៈពេលប្រាំពីរជាតិ ការបែកបាក់រវាងប្តីប្រពន្ធ នឹងមិនកើតមានឡើយ។

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Viśeṣaṇa (Numeral adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (सप्त संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याविशेषण; (here) नपुंसकलिङ्ग-बहुवचन-विशेषणार्थे

• जन्मानि: births, lifetimes
• जन्मानि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Extent in births/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (जन्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• दाम्पत्यवियोगः: separation of spouses
• दाम्पत्यवियोगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāmpatya + viyoga (दाम्पत्य प्रातिपदिक + वियोग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दाम्पत्यस्य वियोगः)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• भवेत्: would be / should occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• क्वचित्: ever, anywhere
• क्वचित्: Deśa/Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Indefinite adjunct/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (at any time/anywhere)

Speaker

Narrator (concluding the stated tīrtha-phala)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rohiṇī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpasattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Symbolic depiction of seven garlands or seven linked scenes of a couple united across lifetimes, anchored by the river ghat as the constant sacred witness.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha (implied)
• Dāmpatya (marital bond)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained through a sanctified tīrtha is described as stabilizing dhārmic household life even across multiple births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rohiṇī Tīrtha (as established in the immediately preceding verses of Revā Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the result (phala); the implied practice is devotional tīrtha-snāna described just earlier.