Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अद्यप्रभृति सर्वेषामहङ्कारो द्विजन्मनाम् । न पिता पुत्रवाक्येन न पुत्रः पितृकर्मणि

Transliteration

adyaprabhṛti sarveṣāmahaṅkāro dvijanmanām | na pitā putravākyena na putraḥ pitṛkarmaṇi

Translation

Отныне гордыня овладеет всеми дважды-рождёнными. Отец не внемлет совету сына, и сын не последует отцовскому долгу.

Word by Word

• अद्यप्रभृति: from today onward
• अद्यप्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभाव-समासः; कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb: 'from today onward')

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचनम् (genitive plural)

• अहङ्कारः: ego, pride
• अहङ्कारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• द्विजन्मनाम्: of the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• द्विजन्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचनम् (genitive plural)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• पुत्रवाक्येन: by the son's word/command
• पुत्रवाक्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचनम् (instrumental singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रस्य वाक्येन)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• पितृकर्मणि: in the father's duty/rite
• पितृकर्मणि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम् (locative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पितुः कर्मणि)

Speaker

Lakṣmī (Ramā Devī) (deduced from context 28–29)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-context (unspecified sub-tīrtha in this verse)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (as addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: twice-born men arguing in a village assembly; father and son turned away from each other, pride visible; a faint divine presence indicating a curse taking effect.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Ahaṅkāra (ego)
• Dvjias (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ahaṅkāra shatters dharmic continuity: humility sustains the passing of wisdom and duty across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it references pitṛ-karma (father’s duties/rites) as part of inherited dharma.