Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

प्राग्जन्मपतिरेतस्याः पांड्यराष्ट्रेषु सोऽधुना । जातो विप्रवरः श्रीमान्सदारः सपरिच्छदः

Transliteration

prāgjanmapatiretasyāḥ pāṃḍyarāṣṭreṣu so'dhunā | jāto vipravaraḥ śrīmānsadāraḥ saparicchadaḥ

Translation

അവളുടെ മുൻജന്മത്തിലെ ഭർത്താവുതന്നെ ഇപ്പോൾ പാണ്ഡ്യദേശത്ത് ജനിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; അവൻ ശ്രീമാനായ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ, ഭാര്യയും ഗൃഹപരിച്ഛദവും സഹിതം സമൃദ്ധൻ.

Word by Word

• prāk: formerly
• prāk: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prāk (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly/before)

• janma: birth
• janma: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of birth’ (समासाङ्ग)

• patiḥ: husband/lord
• patiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• etasyāḥ: of her
• etasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of this woman/her’

• pāṇḍyarāṣṭreṣu: in the Pāṇḍya countries
• pāṇḍyarāṣṭreṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍya + rāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; पाण्ड्यानां राष्ट्रेषु इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (now/at present)

• jātaḥ: was born
• jātaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘born’

• vipravaraḥ: an excellent Brahmin
• vipravaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विप्रः स एव वरः इति कर्मधारय

• śrīmān: prosperous/illustrious
• śrīmān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (vipravaraḥ-विशेषण)

• sadāraḥ: with wife
• sadāraḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + dāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; दारैः सह इति (सह-समास/तत्पुरुषार्थ)

• saparicchadaḥ: with attendants/retinue
• saparicchadaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + paricchada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परिच्छदैः सह इति (with attendants/retinue)

Speaker

Unclear from excerpt (narrative voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāṇḍya-rāṣṭra (regional reference)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Revelation that the former-birth husband is reborn in the Pandya land as a prosperous, eminent brāhmaṇa with wife and household—an image of worldly fulfillment shaped by karma.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍya-rāṣṭra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It illustrates karmic continuity: relationships and their consequences can carry across births and manifest in new settings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is praised, but the Pāṇḍya region (South Indian sacred geography) is explicitly mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.