Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

कुब्जा वामनकाः पापा जायन्ते दुःखभागिनः । ये त्यजन्ति स्वकां भार्यां मूढाः पण्डितमानिनः

Transliteration

kubjā vāmanakāḥ pāpā jāyante duḥkhabhāginaḥ | ye tyajanti svakāṃ bhāryāṃ mūḍhāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ

Translation

ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತಾವೇ ಪಂಡಿತರೆಂದು ಭಾವಿಸಿ ಮೋಹಗ್ರಸ್ತರಾಗಿ ಸ್ವಭಾರ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸುವ ಪಾಪಿಗಳು ದುಃಖಭಾಗಿಗಳಾಗಿ ಕುಬ್ಜರೂ ವಾಮನರೂ ಆಗಿ ಜನ್ಮಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ।

Word by Word

• कुब्जाः: hunchbacked
• कुब्जाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुब्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वामनकाः: dwarfish
• वामनकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वामनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पापाः: sinful
• पापाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• जायन्ते: are born
• जायन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दुःखभागिनः: partakers of sorrow
• दुःखभागिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + भागिन् (प्रातिपदिक); दुःख-भागिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of suffering' + 'sharer')

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

• त्यजन्ति: abandon
• त्यजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वकाम्: one's own
• स्वकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• भार्याम्: wife
• भार्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मूढाः: deluded
• मूढाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पण्डितमानिनः: thinking themselves learned
• पण्डितमानिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पण्डित + मानिन् (प्रातिपदिक); पण्डित-मानिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of being a scholar' + 'one who thinks/considers')

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purana narrative style within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-mahātmya context

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proud, self-styled scholar turns away from his wife; the moral consequence is shown as future births with bent backs and stunted forms, under the shadow of karmic law.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder-dharma demands responsibility and fidelity; arrogance and abandonment bring painful karmic outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader moral-religious instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a dharmic warning tied to marital conduct.