Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

पुत्रेषु भार्यां निक्षिप्य सर्वसङ्गविवर्जितः । इष्टांल्लोकानवाप्नोति न चेह जायते पुनः

Transliteration

putreṣu bhāryāṃ nikṣipya sarvasaṅgavivarjitaḥ | iṣṭāṃllokānavāpnoti na ceha jāyate punaḥ

Translation

மனைவியை மகன்களிடம் ஒப்படைத்து, எல்லாப் பற்றுகளையும் துறந்தவன் விரும்பிய உலகங்களை அடைந்து, இவ்வுலகில் மீண்டும் பிறவான்.

Word by Word

• पुत्रेषु: among/on the sons
• पुत्रेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• भार्याम्: wife
• भार्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• निक्षिप्य: having placed/entrusted
• निक्षिप्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having placed/entrusted’

• सर्वसङ्गविवर्जितः: free from all attachments
• सर्वसङ्गविवर्जितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + सङ्ग + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक; विवर्जित = वि-√वृज्/वर्ज् क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (to implied subject)

• इष्टान्: desired
• इष्टान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √इष् क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (to लोकान्)

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana (Adverbial locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/प्रसङ्ग-अव्यय (adverb: here/in this world)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-अव्यय (adverb: again)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas (general)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An aged householder hands over household keys and his wife’s care to grown sons, then walks away lightly clothed with a staff and waterpot toward the river Revā at dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Putra
• Bhāryā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Detachment and orderly renunciation are praised as a means to attain higher states and escape repeated worldly birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is mentioned; the verse focuses on the inner pilgrimage of renunciation within Revā Khaṇḍa’s dharma teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual; it prescribes a life-step: transferring responsibilities and renouncing attachments.