Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

न व्याधिर्न जरा तस्य न शोको नैव मत्सरः । दशचन्द्रशतं यावज्जायते विमले कुले

Transliteration

na vyādhirna jarā tasya na śoko naiva matsaraḥ | daśacandraśataṃ yāvajjāyate vimale kule

Translation

അവന് രോഗമില്ല, ജരയില്ല, ശോകമില്ല, മത്‌സരവും ഇല്ല; ദശചന്ദ്രശതം (ആയിരം മാസം) വരെ അവൻ വിമലവും ശ്രേഷ്ഠവുമായ കുലത്തിൽ ജനിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• na: not/no
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• vyādhiḥ: disease
• vyādhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular masculine

• na: nor
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• jarā: old age
• jarā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular feminine

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular (of him)

• na: nor
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• śokaḥ: grief
• śokaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular masculine

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (paired with एव)

• eva: indeed/at all
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• matsaraḥ: envy
• matsaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: matsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular masculine

• daśa-candra-śatam: a hundred (periods) of ten moons (i.e., 1000 months)
• daśa-candra-śatam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (संख्या) + candra (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (दश चन्द्राणां शतम्) — Accusative singular neuter (measure of time)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time marker/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb) — as long as/until

• jāyate: is born
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — is born/arises

• vimale: pure/spotless
• vimale: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative singular neuter (agreeing with कुले)

• kule: in a family/lineage
• kule: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative singular neuter

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continued context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dadhiskanda (implied)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: the pilgrim surrounded by personifications of Disease, Old Age, Sorrow, and Envy receding into mist as a radiant ‘vimala kula’ lineage tree blossoms behind; moon-cycles marked in the sky to indicate ‘a thousand months’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit (puṇya) is portrayed as transforming both body and character—health, emotional steadiness, and freedom from envy—along with uplifted rebirth conditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the phala (results) connected to the Dadhiskanda practice described immediately before.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite; it states the promised results (phalaśruti) of the preceding snāna and dāna.