Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

तव शुश्रूषणात्सर्वं तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि भारत । रौरवादिषु ये किंचित्पच्यन्ते तस्य पूर्वजाः

Transliteration

tava śuśrūṣaṇātsarvaṃ tatpravakṣyāmi bhārata | rauravādiṣu ye kiṃcitpacyante tasya pūrvajāḥ

Translation

ഹേ ഭാരത, നിന്റെ ശുശ്രൂഷ കാരണം ഞാൻ അതെല്ലാം വിശദീകരിക്കും; അവന്റെ പൂർവ്വികർ റൗരവാദി നരകങ്ങളിൽ എവിടെയെങ്കിലും ദുഃഖിച്ച് കത്തിക്കൊണ്ടിരുന്നാലും।

Word by Word

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• शुश्रूषणात्: from (your) service/obedience
• शुश्रूषणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुश्रूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ (because of)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वम् इत्यस्य निर्देशः

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• रौरवादिषु: in Raurava and other (hells)
• रौरवादिषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौरव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/सूचक तत्पुरुषः (रौरव-आदि-नरकेषु); पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• किंचित्: somewhat / any
• किंचित्: Sambandha (Quantifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: अनिश्चित-परिमाणवाचक अव्यय (indefinite particle: somewhat/any)

• पच्यन्ते: are cooked/tormented
• पच्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः, आत्मनेपदम्

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• पूर्वजाः: ancestors/forefathers
• पूर्वजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (teacher/narrator addressing ‘Bhārata’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher addresses Bhārata with gravity; below, a symbolic glimpse of Raurava—dark, thorny/fiery terrain with suffering figures—contrasted with the calm riverbank where remedial rites are taught.

Characters & Entities

• Raurava (Naraka)
• Pitṛs/Ancestors
• Vṛṣotsarga (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate dharma performed by descendants can uplift even suffering ancestors, reflecting intergenerational karmic responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha context of this discourse (site name not given in the verse line).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The passage sets up the explanation of a rite (contextually vṛṣotsarga) that rescues ancestors from severe suffering.