Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ततश्चैव क्षये जाते जायते विमले कुले । वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः

Transliteration

tataścaiva kṣaye jāte jāyate vimale kule | vedavedāṅgatattvajñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ

Translation

ततः क्षये जाते स विमले कुले जायते; वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदश्च भवति।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Temporal adverb (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (from that/thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis particle (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (indeed/just)

• क्षये: at the end (upon exhaustion)
• क्षये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘at the end/when it is exhausted’

• जाते: when (it) has occurred
• जाते: Locative absolute (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; √जन्)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुं/नपुंसक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे; ‘when (it) has occurred’

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘is born/arises’

• विमले: pure
• विमले: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘pure’ (qualifying ‘कुले’)

• कुले: in a family/lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञः: knower of the truths of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + वेदाङ्ग + तत्त्व + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘वेद-वेदाङ्ग-तत्त्वं जानाति’ इति)

• सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः: expert in all scriptures
• सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + शास्त्र + विशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘सर्वेषु शास्त्रेषु विशारदः’)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Same interlocutor as preceding verses (king/Bhārata-line)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A transition tableau: a soul returning from a luminous realm into a ‘vimalakula’ household where Vedic study is underway—teacher, palm-leaf manuscripts, sacred thread ceremony motifs.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-merit and dharmic living mature into refined rebirth—purity of lineage and clarity of śāstric understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa (the passage speaks generally of the tīrtha’s fruit).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-sevā (such as snāna and dāna) whose fruit is described as learned, auspicious rebirth.