Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ततः कालेन महता जायते विमले कुले । वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञो जीवेच्च शरदां शतम्

Transliteration

tataḥ kālena mahatā jāyate vimale kule | vedavedāṅgatattvajño jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം മഹാകാലം കഴിഞ്ഞ് അവൻ നിർമ്മലവും ശ്രേഷ്ഠവുമായ കുലത്തിൽ ജനിക്കുന്നു; വേദവും വേദാംഗങ്ങളും ഉള്ള തത്ത്വം അറിയുന്നവനായി നൂറു ശരദ്കാലങ്ങൾ ജീവിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/देश-कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे ‘तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्’

• कालेन: by time; in course of time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन = Instrumental singular

• महता: great; long
• महता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘कालेन’ = adjective agreeing with kālena

• जायते: is born; arises
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम् = Present indicative, 3rd sg, Ātmanepada

• विमले: pure; spotless
• विमले: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘कुले’ = locative singular adjective

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

• वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञः: knower of the truths of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda + vedāṅga + tattva + jña (प्रातिपदिक); jña = √jñā (धातु) प्रत्ययान्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-प्रधान) = ‘वेद-वेदाङ्ग-तत्त्वं जानाति’ इति

• जीवेत्: may live; would live
• जीवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jīv (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (आज्ञार्थ/संभावना), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् = Optative, 3rd sg, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = conjunction

• शरदाम्: of years (autumns)
• शरदाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन = Genitive plural

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन = Accusative singular (measure)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene pilgrim receiving a boon-like destiny: rebirth in a spotless lineage, surrounded by symbols of Veda and Vedāṅga—palm-leaf manuscripts, yajñopavīta, and a calm riverbank backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Vedāṅga
• pure lineage (vimala kula)
• longevity

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained through sacred acts ripens into dhārmic rebirth—purity of family, learning, and long life devoted to truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The previously described Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha; the verse states downstream fruits of that sacred merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite here; it continues the promised outcomes of the earlier tīrtha practices (snāna and worship).