Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

हा भ्रातर्मातः पुत्रेति पतन्ति पथि मूर्छिताः । इत्थंभूतेन मार्गेण स गीतो यमकिंकरैः

Transliteration

hā bhrātarmātaḥ putreti patanti pathi mūrchitāḥ | itthaṃbhūtena mārgeṇa sa gīto yamakiṃkaraiḥ

Translation

“అయ్యో అన్నా! అయ్యో తల్లీ! అయ్యో కుమారా!” అని విలపిస్తూ వారు మార్గమధ్యంలో మూర్ఛపోయి పడిపోతారు. అటువంటి దారిలో యమకింకరులు అతనిని తోలుతూ తీసుకెళ్తారు.

Word by Word

• हा: alas!
• हा: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्गार (interjection)

• भ्रातः: O brother
• भ्रातः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• मातः: O mother
• मातः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Quotation marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• पतन्ति: they fall
• पतन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पथि: on the path
• पथि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मूर्छिताः: fainted, unconscious
• मूर्छिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्छित (कृदन्त; मूर्छ् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (to implied 'te')

• इत्थंभूतेन: by such (a)
• इत्थंभूतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इत्थंभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषण

• मार्गेण: by the way/path
• मार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• सः: him
• सः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गीतः: was sung/recited
• गीतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गीत (कृदन्त; गा धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• यमकिंकरैः: by Yama's servants
• यमकिंकरैः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + किंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यमस्य किंकराः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not stated in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) Mahātmya context (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fainting soul on a desolate road, crying out names of relatives, dragged forward by stern Yamadūtas with staffs and ropes; dust, darkness, and a distant gate looming.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Yamakiṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At death, worldly relations cannot protect one; only dharma and merit accompany the soul.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; the focus is ethical instruction through afterlife imagery.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it implies cultivating merit through dharmic acts before death.