Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

जायते सर्वजन्तूनां नात्र काचिद्विचारणा । अवशः स्ववशो वापि जन्तुस्तत्क्षेत्रमण्डले

Transliteration

jāyate sarvajantūnāṃ nātra kācidvicāraṇā | avaśaḥ svavaśo vāpi jantustatkṣetramaṇḍale

Translation

സകല ജീവികൾക്കും അവിടെ ഫലം സ്വയം ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്നു; ഇവിടെ യാതൊരു വിചാരണയും ഇല്ല. അസഹായനായാലും സ്വവശനായാലും—ആ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രമണ്ഡലത്തിനുള്ളിലെ ജീവി നിശ്ചിത ഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• jāyate: is born
• jāyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु √जन्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is born/comes into being)

• sarva-jantūnām: of all creatures
• sarva-jantūnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (all beings)

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

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• kācid: any (some)
• kācid: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (some/any)

• vicāraṇā: consideration, deliberation
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• avaśaḥ: helpless, not in control
• avaśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• svavaśaḥ: self-controlled
• svavaśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (under one’s own control)

• vā: or
• vā: Samuccaya/Vikalpa (Coordination/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive: or)

• api: even, also
• api: Samuccaya (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (also/even)

• jantuḥ: a creature
• jantuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tat-kṣetra-maṇḍale: in that sacred area
• tat-kṣetra-maṇḍale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (in that field-region/circuit)

Speaker

Yama (continuing the explanation of tīrtha-fruit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general) / kṣetra-maṇḍala (unspecified precinct)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous sacred precinct marked by boundary-stones/flags; diverse beings—ascetics, householders, the sick, animals—crossing into the kṣetra-maṇḍala while an unseen divine force ‘bestows fruit’.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (implied)
• Śukla-tīrtha (implied)
• Kṣetra-maṇḍala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra’s sanctity itself is efficacious: within a consecrated zone, grace operates beyond ordinary calculations of agency or capability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement refers to the sacred precinct connected with Śukla-tīrtha in the Narmadā (Revā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it emphasizes the inherent potency of remaining/dying within the sacred kṣetra-maṇḍala.