Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 167

Devanagari script

कल्पकोटिशतं साग्रं भुक्त्वा भोगान् यथेप्सितान् । पुनस्तु सम्भवे लोके पार्थिवं पतिमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ bhuktvā bhogān yathepsitān | punastu sambhave loke pārthivaṃ patimāpnuyāt

Translation

शतकोटी कल्पांहून अधिक काळ इच्छित भोग भोगून, ती पुन्हा जगात जन्म घेऊन राजयोग्य पती प्राप्त करते.

Word by Word

• कल्प: aeon, kalpa
• कल्प: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative Singular); समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• कोटि: crore
• कोटि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासमध्यपद

• शतम्: a hundred (of)
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular); संख्यावाचक; समस्तपद: कल्प-कोटि-शतम् (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘of crores of kalpas’)

• साग्रम्: with an excess, more than
• साग्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘kalpakoṭiśatam’)

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having enjoyed’

• भोगान्: enjoyments, pleasures
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative Plural)

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘as, according to’)

• ईप्सितान्: desired, wished-for
• ईप्सितान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/ईप्स् भावे)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past passive participle used adjectivally) qualifying ‘bhogān’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: ‘again’)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• सम्भवे: in (a) birth/existence
• सम्भवे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative Singular)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative Singular)

• पार्थिवम्: royal, kingly
• पार्थिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘patim’)

• पतिम्: husband, lord
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• आप्नुयात्: would obtain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचन, परस्मैपद; धातु: √आप् ‘to obtain’

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-mahātmyam (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A queen/auspicious lady (sūbhagā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-woman receiving the proclaimed fruit of a great vow: visions of celestial enjoyment (svarga-like gardens, apsaras, jeweled pavilions) transitioning to a royal marriage on earth.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit generated by dharmic vows is depicted as enduring across cosmic time, shaping both heavenly reward and favorable rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred setting while stressing vow-fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is purely phalaśruti (results of the already-described observance).