Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

श्रुताध्ययनसम्पन्नं जपहोमपरायणम् । आगतं त्वां गृहद्वारे कदा द्रक्ष्यामि पुत्रक

Transliteration

śrutādhyayanasampannaṃ japahomaparāyaṇam | āgataṃ tvāṃ gṛhadvāre kadā drakṣyāmi putraka

Translation

Wahai anakku, yang sempurna dalam pengajian Śruti, tekun dalam japa dan homa—bilakah aku akan melihatmu lagi datang ke ambang pintu rumah kita?

Word by Word

• श्रुताध्ययनसम्पन्नम्: endowed with learning and study
• श्रुताध्ययनसम्पन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुत + अध्ययन + सम्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (acc. sg. neut.)

• जपहोमपरायणम्: devoted to japa and homa
• जपहोमपरायणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप + होम + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (acc. sg. neut.)

• आगतम्: come, arrived
• आगतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले (past participle)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम (2nd case sg.)

• गृहद्वारे: at the house-door
• गृहद्वारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (loc. sg.)

• कदा: when
• कदा: Sambandha (Context/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb of time)

• द्रक्ष्यामि: shall I see
• द्रक्ष्यामि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (1st sg. future)

• पुत्रक: O dear son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (voc. sg.)

Speaker

Narrator (reporting the mother’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrowful mother stands at the threshold of a modest house, gazing down the road, imagining her son returning—radiant with Vedic learning—carrying a japa-mālā and signs of homa practice; dusk light, quiet courtyard.

Characters & Entities

• japa
• homa
• mother (context)
• son (Ṛkṣaśṛṅga, context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual discipline (study, japa, homa) is honored as a life of dharma, and its loss is portrayed as a deep social and sacred rupture.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa and homa are mentioned as the son’s regular religious practices, not as a new injunction.