Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

न शोकदुःखे प्रतिपत्स्यतीह जीवन्मृतो याति मुरारिसाम्यम् । महान्ति पापानि विसृज्य दुग्धं पुनर्न मातुः पिबते स्तनोद्यत्

Transliteration

na śokaduḥkhe pratipatsyatīha jīvanmṛto yāti murārisāmyam | mahānti pāpāni visṛjya dugdhaṃ punarna mātuḥ pibate stanodyat

Translation

അവൻ ഇവിടെ ശോകദുഃഖങ്ങളിൽ പതിക്കുകയില്ല; ജീവിച്ചിരിക്കെ തന്നെ മരിച്ചവനെന്നപോലെ ആയി മുരാരി (വിഷ്ണു) സമത്വം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. മഹാപാപങ്ങൾ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച്, വീണ്ടും മാതാവിന്റെ ഉയർത്തിയ സ്തനത്തിലെ പാലു കുടിക്കുകയില്ല—അഥവാ പുനർജന്മത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• śoka-duḥkhe: in sorrow and suffering
• śoka-duḥkhe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative)

• pratipatsyati: will fall into / will experience
• pratipatsyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati√pad (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• jīvan-mṛtaḥ: dead while living (living-dead)
• jīvan-mṛtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jīvan (√jīv, कृदन्त) + mṛta (√mṛ, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (descriptive)

• yāti: goes / attains
• yāti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• murāri-sāmyam: equality with Murāri (Viṣṇu)
• murāri-sāmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: murāri (प्रातिपदिक) + sāmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative)

• mahānti: great
• mahānti: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• pāpāni: sins
• pāpāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• visṛjya: having cast off
• visṛjya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√sṛj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having abandoned/released’

• dugdham: milk
• dugdham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dugdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• punar: again
• punar: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• mātuḥ: of (his) mother
• mātuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• pibate: drinks
• pibate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• stana-udyat: the breast held out (for suckling)
• stana-udyat: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stana (प्रातिपदिक) + udyat (√yam/√ud√yam, कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: ‘breast-offered/raised’)

Speaker

Unspecified (phalaśruti-style promise within Revākhaṇḍa; likely a sage/narrator to a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (general)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) a king (rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene pilgrim on the Narmadā bank, eyes half-closed in inward ‘death to the world’, sins falling away like dark smoke; a subtle vision of Viṣṇu (Murāri) as the liberated goal; imagery of the ‘mother’s milk’ motif symbolizing no return to womb-life.

Characters & Entities

• Murāri (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True religious observance culminates in detachment, purification from sin, and liberation from the cycle of rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promised fruits apply to the Revā/Narmadā Śālagrāma-centric observance described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added; it states the spiritual fruits (pāpa-kṣaya, relief from duḥkha, and rebirth-release).