Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

यस्याः संस्मरणादेव दौर्भाग्यं प्रलयं व्रजेत् । न दौर्भाग्यात्परं लोके दुःखाद्दुःखतरं किल

Transliteration

yasyāḥ saṃsmaraṇādeva daurbhāgyaṃ pralayaṃ vrajet | na daurbhāgyātparaṃ loke duḥkhādduḥkhataraṃ kila

Translation

Dengan sekadar mengingati baginda, malang-bahaya pun lenyap menuju kebinasaan. Sesungguhnya di dunia ini tiada derita yang melebihi kemalangan, dan tiada kepedihan yang lebih pedih daripada dukacita.

Word by Word

• yasyāḥ: of whom; whose
• yasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (of whom/whose)

• saṃsmaraṇāt: from remembering; by recollection
• saṃsmaraṇāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃ-smaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक; √smṛ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘संस्मरणात्’ = स्मरणस्य हेतोः

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात

• daurbhāgyam: misfortune
• daurbhāgyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daurbhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• pralayam: destruction; dissolution
• pralayam: Gati-Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pralaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘प्रलयम्’ = नाशम्

• vrajet: would go; would come to
• vrajet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• daurbhāgyāt: than misfortune
• daurbhāgyāt: Apadana (Comparison/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daurbhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/तुलना), एकवचन; ‘-त्’ = ‘than’

• param: greater
• param: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (higher/greater)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• duḥkhāt: than sorrow
• duḥkhāt: Apadana (Comparison/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/तुलना), एकवचन

• duḥkhataraṃ: more painful; worse
• duḥkhataraṃ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + tara (तरप्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्ययान्त (comparative)

• kila: indeed; it is said
• kila: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kila (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (reportive/emphatic: ‘indeed/it is said’)

Speaker

Māṇḍavya (context continues from his speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambikā-smaraṇa within Śūlapāṇi/Revā context (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva/Devī context; statement functions as doctrinal emphasis within dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Ambikā appears as a compassionate mother; dark clouds of misfortune dissolve around the devotee as remembrance arises.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (implied)
• Saṃsmaraṇa (remembrance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī-smaraṇa (remembering the Goddess) is presented as a direct remedy for daurbhāgya and as a path to inner resilience against suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The emphasis is devotional rather than geographic in this verse; it supports the wider Revā-khaṇḍa setting by highlighting Devī’s power accessible to pilgrims and devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃsmaraṇa (intent remembrance) of the Goddess.