Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

मातापितृभ्यां रहिता भ्रातृभार्याविवर्जिताः । अनाथा विकला व्यङ्गा मग्ना ये दुःखसागरे

Transliteration

mātāpitṛbhyāṃ rahitā bhrātṛbhāryāvivarjitāḥ | anāthā vikalā vyaṅgā magnā ye duḥkhasāgare

Translation

អ្នកដែលខ្វះម្តាយឪពុក បាត់បង់បងប្អូន និងភរិយា—គ្មានទីពឹង ទន់ខ្សោយ និងពិការ—អ្នកដែលលិចក្នុងសមុទ្រទុក្ខ ក៏ (បានរកជម្រកនៅទីនោះ)។

Word by Word

• मातापितृभ्याम्: from mother and father
• मातापितृभ्याम्: Apadana/Source (separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ + पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (समाहार/द्वन्द्व), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), द्विवचन (Dual)

• रहिताः: deprived (of)
• रहिताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; ‘deprived of’ (with तृतीया)

• भ्रातृभार्याविवर्जिताः: bereft of brother and wife
• भ्रातृभार्याविवर्जिताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रातृ + भार्या + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; ‘devoid of brother and wife’

• अनाथाः: helpless/orphaned
• अनाथाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• विकलाः: disabled/maimed
• विकलाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• व्यङ्गाः: deformed
• व्यङ्गाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• मग्नाः: sunk/immersed
• मग्नाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मग्न (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-निष्पन्न from मज्ज्/मग्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘immersed/sunk’

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• दुःखसागरे: in the ocean of sorrow
• दुःखसागरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṃvaura Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lonely, disabled, and abandoned pilgrims—without parents, siblings, or spouse—sit by the river steps, heads bowed; a compassionate attendant points them toward the shrine, suggesting hope amid sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Sāṃvaura Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is moral geography: a tīrtha is celebrated as the protector of the unprotected and the healer of despair.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāṃvaura Tīrtha (Revā Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it describes the beneficiaries of the tīrtha’s grace.