Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

मम वृद्धस्य दीनस्य गतिस्त्वं किल पुत्रक । एते मनोरथाः सर्वे चिन्तिता विफला गताः

Transliteration

mama vṛddhasya dīnasya gatistvaṃ kila putraka | ete manorathāḥ sarve cintitā viphalā gatāḥ

Translation

โอ้บุตรผู้เป็นที่รัก! เราผู้ชราและอ่อนกำลัง เคยกล่าวกันว่าเจ้าคือที่พึ่งและที่ไปของเราแต่ผู้เดียว ทว่า ความปรารถนาทั้งปวงที่ตรึกตรองมานาน กลับสูญเปล่าและพินาศไป

Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• वृद्धस्य: of (one who is) old
• वृद्धस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; Masculine genitive singular

• दीनस्य: of (one who is) poor/wretched
• दीनस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; Masculine genitive singular

• गतिः: refuge, course, means
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Feminine nominative singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• किल: indeed, as is said
• किल: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; emphatic/quotative particle

• पुत्रक: dear son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; Vocative singular

• एते: these
• एते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Masculine nominative plural

• मनोरथाः: desires, wishes
• मनोरथाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Masculine nominative plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Masculine nominative plural

• चिन्तिताः: thought of, contemplated
• चिन्तिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; PPP, masculine nominative plural

• विफलाः: fruitless, unsuccessful
• विफलाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Masculine nominative plural

• गताः: have become/gone (to be)
• गताः: Karta (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; PPP, masculine nominative plural

Speaker

A grieving father/elder addressing his son (exact speaker not specified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An aged, frail parent figure, hands folded, speaking to a son with pleading eyes; a simple hut or riverbank setting, dusk light, mood of broken hopes.

Characters & Entities

• putraka (son)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It underscores the fragility of worldly reliance and the dharmic responsibility of children toward aging parents.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it occurs within the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a lament emphasizing social and familial dharma.