Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

धर्मः स्तनान्तात्संजातस्तस्य पुत्रोऽभवत्किल । नारायणसहायोऽसावजोऽपि भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

dharmaḥ stanāntātsaṃjātastasya putro'bhavatkila | nārāyaṇasahāyo'sāvajo'pi bharatarṣabha

Translation

ഹേ ഭാരതവൃഷഭാ, സ്തനാന്തത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ധർമ്മൻ ജനിച്ചതെന്നും, അവന്റെ പുത്രൻ അജൻ ആയിരുന്നെന്നും പറയുന്നു. ആ അജൻ നാരായണന്റെ സഹായം ലഭിച്ചവൻ.

Word by Word

• धर्मः: Dharma
• धर्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्तनान्तात्: from the end of the breast
• स्तनान्तात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stana + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्तनस्य अन्तः/अन्तात्)

• संजातः: born, arisen
• संजातः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अभवत्: became, was
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• किल: indeed, it is said
• किल: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kila (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (hearsay/emphasis particle)

• नारायणसहायः: having Nārāyaṇa as helper
• नारायणसहायः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nārāyaṇa + sahāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नारायणः सहायः यस्य/नारायणस्य सहायः)

• असौ: that (one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (demonstrative pronoun)

• अजः: Aja
• अजः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• भरतर्षभ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata + ṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भरतानाम् ऋषभः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Āvantya/Revā narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (bharatarṣabha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Symbolic tableau: Dharma personified as a radiant deity emerging from a luminous chest-region motif; behind him stands Nārāyaṇa as protector; Aja (as son) depicted as a princely figure receiving divine guidance.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Aja
• Nārāyaṇa
• Bharata lineage

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is portrayed as divinely originated, and righteous lineages prosper through the support (sahāya) of Nārāyaṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it sits within the Revā Khaṇḍa framework that broadly glorifies the Narmadā (Revā) sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.