Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 166

Devanagari script

अनेकजन्मजनितं दौर्भाग्यं नश्यति ध्रुवम् । मृता तु त्रिदिवं प्राप्य उमया सह मोदते

Transliteration

anekajanmajanitaṃ daurbhāgyaṃ naśyati dhruvam | mṛtā tu tridivaṃ prāpya umayā saha modate

Translation

Несчастье, рожденное многими рождениями, несомненно уничтожается. А умерев, достигнув небес, она радуется вместе с Умой.

Word by Word

• अनेक-जन्म-जनितम्: produced from many births
• अनेक-जन्म-जनितम्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + जनित (कृदन्त; √जन्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सम्बन्ध: 'अनेकजन्मभिः जनितम्'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• दौर्भाग्यम्: misfortune
• दौर्भाग्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौर्भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नश्यति: perishes, is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ध्रुवम्: certainly, surely
• ध्रुवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative: 'certainly')

• मृता: having died, dead
• मृता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त; √मृ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोग (as predicate adjective)

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

• त्रिदिवम्: heaven
• त्रिदिवम्: Karma (Goal as object with 'prāpya'/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakaraka (Companion/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (preposition-like indeclinable: 'with')

• मोदते: rejoices, delights
• मोदते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada (context: phalaśruti culminating in divine reward)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madhu-vrata in Revā Khaṇḍa (karmic-cleansing and afterlife fruit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic vision: dark clouds of many-birth misfortune dissolve; the devotee ascends to heaven and rejoices in the presence of Umā, who grants serene companionship.

Characters & Entities

• Umā (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text frames vrata as a karmic remedy extending beyond one lifetime and as a Śaiva path culminating in divine companionship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā context remains the backdrop; the verse emphasizes the vow’s metaphysical fruit rather than naming a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None newly stated; this is a continuation of the vow’s promised results (phalaśruti).