Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तस्य ते वंशजाः सर्वे दश पूर्वे दशापरे । तृप्ता रोहन्ति वै स्वर्गे ध्यायन्तोऽस्य मनोरथान्

Transliteration

tasya te vaṃśajāḥ sarve daśa pūrve daśāpare | tṛptā rohanti vai svarge dhyāyanto'sya manorathān

Translation

അവന്റെ എല്ലാ വംശജരും—മുമ്പിലെ പത്ത് തലമുറയും പിന്നിലെ പത്ത് തലമുറയും—തൃപ്തരായി നിശ്ചയമായി സ്വർഗ്ഗാരോഹണം ചെയ്യുന്നു; അവന്റെ പുണ്യസങ്കൽപ്പം ധ്യാനിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वंशजाः: descendants
• वंशजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंशज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘वंशजाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• दश: ten
• दश: Visheshana (Numeral modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनार्थे ‘पूर्वे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पूर्वे: earlier/preceding (ancestors)
• पूर्वे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘वंशजाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (पूर्वजाः)

• दश: ten
• दश: Visheshana (Numeral modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; ‘अपरे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अपरे: later/following (descendants)
• अपरे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘वंशजाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (पश्चात्-भवाः)

• तृप्ताः: satisfied
• तृप्ताः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘वंशजाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• रोहन्ति: ascend
• रोहन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• ध्यायन्तः: meditating (upon)
• ध्यायन्तः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘ते वंशजाः’ इत्यस्य सहवर्ती क्रिया

• अस्य: of this (person)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• मनोरथान्: wishes/desires
• मनोरथान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the king addressed in prior verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic vision: satisfied pitṛs and future descendants rise toward svarga, linked by a luminous thread to the pilgrim’s saṅkalpa at the river; ancestral figures appear serene, receiving offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Pitṛ lineage (10 before/10 after)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Personal dharmic practice radiates outward—one person’s tīrtha-rite can uplift an entire lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha discussed in the preceding verses; this verse states its lineage-wide fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite; it declares the result of the previously described snāna, upavāsa, and tarpaṇa.