Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तेन कर्मविपाकेन क्षयरोग्यभवच्छशी । त्यक्त्वा लोकं सुरेन्द्राणां मर्त्यलोकमुपागतः

Transliteration

tena karmavipākena kṣayarogyabhavacchaśī | tyaktvā lokaṃ surendrāṇāṃ martyalokamupāgataḥ

Translation

ആ കർമ്മവിപാകത്താൽ ശശി (ചന്ദ്രൻ) ക്ഷയരോഗബാധിതനായി; സുരേന്ദ്രന്മാരുടെ ലോകം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് മർത്ത്യലോകത്തിലേക്ക് എത്തി।

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; हेतौ (instrumental singular; by that)

• कर्मविपाकेन: by the ripening of karma
• कर्मविपाकेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म-विपाक (प्रातिपदिक; कर्म + विपाक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; हेतौ (instrumental singular; due to fruition of karma)

• क्षयरोगी: afflicted with consumption
• क्षयरोगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षय-रोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक; क्षय + रोगिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (masculine nominative singular; consumptive/diseased with phthisis)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम् (imperfect/past; 3rd singular; became)

• शशी: the Moon
• शशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (masculine nominative singular)

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषणम् (absolutive/gerund; having abandoned)

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (masculine accusative singular)

• सुरेन्द्राणाम्: of the lords of gods (Indras)
• सुरेन्द्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; सुर + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम् (masculine genitive plural)

• मर्त्यलोकम्: the mortal world
• मर्त्यलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (masculine accusative singular)

• उपागतः: arrived
• उपागतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (past participle; masculine nominative singular; having come/arrived)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Moon-god, pale and emaciated with ‘kṣaya’ marks, leaves Indra’s realm and descends toward earth, escorted by somber devas.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Śaśī (Moon)
• Devaloka (realm of gods)
• Martyaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even celestial beings are shown as subject to karmic fruition, underscoring dharma as a universal law.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse prepares the ground for the Somnātha-centered sacred narrative; the tīrtha focus emerges as the account continues.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it narrates karmic result and descent to the mortal world.