Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

श्रुताध्ययनसम्पन्नं जपहोमपरायणम् । आगतं त्वां गृहद्वारे कदा द्रक्ष्यामि पुत्रक

Transliteration

śrutādhyayanasampannaṃ japahomaparāyaṇam | āgataṃ tvāṃ gṛhadvāre kadā drakṣyāmi putraka

Translation

ഹേ പുത്രാ! ശ്രുതി-അധ്യയനത്തിൽ സമ്പന്നനായി, ജപവും ഹോമവും അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുന്നവനായി—നീ നമ്മുടെ ഗൃഹദ്വാരത്തിൽ വന്നെത്തുന്നതിനെ ഞാൻ എപ്പോൾ വീണ്ടും ദർശിക്കും?

Word by Word

• श्रुताध्ययनसम्पन्नम्: endowed with learning and study
• श्रुताध्ययनसम्पन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुत + अध्ययन + सम्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (acc. sg. neut.)

• जपहोमपरायणम्: devoted to japa and homa
• जपहोमपरायणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप + होम + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (acc. sg. neut.)

• आगतम्: come, arrived
• आगतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले (past participle)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम (2nd case sg.)

• गृहद्वारे: at the house-door
• गृहद्वारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (loc. sg.)

• कदा: when
• कदा: Sambandha (Context/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb of time)

• द्रक्ष्यामि: shall I see
• द्रक्ष्यामि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (1st sg. future)

• पुत्रक: O dear son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (voc. sg.)

Speaker

Narrator (reporting the mother’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrowful mother stands at the threshold of a modest house, gazing down the road, imagining her son returning—radiant with Vedic learning—carrying a japa-mālā and signs of homa practice; dusk light, quiet courtyard.

Characters & Entities

• japa
• homa
• mother (context)
• son (Ṛkṣaśṛṅga, context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual discipline (study, japa, homa) is honored as a life of dharma, and its loss is portrayed as a deep social and sacred rupture.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa and homa are mentioned as the son’s regular religious practices, not as a new injunction.