Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

जननी मे पिता वृद्धो भ्रातरश्च तपस्विनः । भ्रातृजाया मरिष्यन्ति मयि पञ्चत्वमागते

Transliteration

jananī me pitā vṛddho bhrātaraśca tapasvinaḥ | bhrātṛjāyā mariṣyanti mayi pañcatvamāgate

Translation

എന്റെ അമ്മ, വൃദ്ധനായ അച്ഛൻ, തപസ്വികളായ സഹോദരങ്ങൾ, അവരുടെ ഭാര്യമാർ എന്നിവരെല്ലാം ഞാൻ മരിച്ചാൽ മരിക്കും.

Word by Word

• जननी: mother
• जननी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वृद्धः: old
• वृद्धः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘पिता’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तपस्विनः: ascetic, practicing austerities
• तपस्विनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘भ्रातरः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भ्रातृजायाः: brothers' wives
• भ्रातृजायाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ + जाया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भ्रातॄणां जायाः)

• मरिष्यन्ति: will die
• मरिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मयि: in me / when I
• मयि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पञ्चत्वम्: death
• पञ्चत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आगते: having come (when death has come)
• आगते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘पञ्चत्वम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Ṛkṣaśṛṅga

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) context

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Citrasena

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ṛkṣaśṛṅga enumerates those who would perish—mother, aged father, ascetic brothers, and sisters-in-law—his face composed yet sorrowful; Citrasena listens, shaken, in a riverside āśrama setting.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛkṣaśṛṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma considers interconnected duties: one person’s death can trigger wider suffering, so expiation must protect dependents and society.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the Revā Khaṇḍa moral dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it supports the argument against self-destruction as expiation.