Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

मोदते सुचिरं कालं पितृपूजाफलधितः । ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो जायते विमले कुले

Transliteration

modate suciraṃ kālaṃ pitṛpūjāphaladhitaḥ | tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jāyate vimale kule

Translation

പിതൃപൂജയുടെ ഫലസമ്പത്താൽ സമൃദ്ധനായ അവൻ ദീർഘകാലം ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു. പിന്നെ സ്വർഗ്ഗപുണ്യം ക്ഷയിക്കുമ്പോൾ സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പതിച്ച് നിർമലവും ശ്രേഷ്ഠവുമായ കുലത്തിൽ ജന്മിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• मोदते: rejoices, delights
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• सुचिरम्: for a long time
• सुचिरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially)

• कालम्: time, period
• कालम्: Kriya-vishaya (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पितृपूजाफलधितः: one endowed with the fruit of worship of the ancestors
• पितृपूजाफलधितः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ-पूजा-फल-धित (प्रातिपदिक; पितृ + पूजा + फल + धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying the subject)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequence adverb)

• स्वर्गात्: from heaven
• स्वर्गात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• परिभ्रष्टः: fallen down, slipped away
• परिभ्रष्टः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-भ्रंश् (धातु) → परिभ्रष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• विमले: pure, spotless
• विमले: Adhikarana-visheshana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying 'कुले')

• कुले: in a family, lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda Purāṇa voice) addressing a Pāṇḍava interlocutor (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā-associated)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa / Pāṇḍava (king of Pāṇḍu-line)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim performs pitṛ-tarpaṇa at a sacred riverbank; subtle vision of svarga enjoyment above, and a radiant ‘vimala-kula’ household below indicating auspicious rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meritorious rites yield svarga, but when merit ends rebirth follows—here promised as a noble birth due to pitṛ-pūjā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative (Revā/Narmadā sacred region) in Āvantya-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is introduced; it states the extended fruit of pitṛ-pūjā previously prescribed.