Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

पूर्णे चैव ततः काल इह मानुष्यतां गतः । चतुर्वेदो द्विजो राजञ्जायते विमले कुले

Transliteration

pūrṇe caiva tataḥ kāla iha mānuṣyatāṃ gataḥ | caturvedo dvijo rājañjāyate vimale kule

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อกำหนดกาล (สวรรค์) นั้นสิ้นสุดลง แล้วกลับมาสู่ความเป็นมนุษย์ ณ ที่นี้ ข้าแต่มหาราช เขาย่อมเกิดเป็นทวิชผู้รู้จตุรเวท ในตระกูลอันบริสุทธิ์ไร้มลทิน

Word by Word

• पूर्णे: when (it is) completed
• पूर्णे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative/7th, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adverbial (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: ततः-शब्द; अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thereafter/from that)

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adverbial (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• मानुष्यताम्: human state
• मानुष्यताम्: Karma (Goal/state/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative/2nd, Singular)

• गतः: having attained
• गतः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Past participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• चतुर्वेदः: knower of the four Vedas
• चतुर्वेदः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्-वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यापूर्वपद-समास (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• द्विजः: a twice-born
• द्विजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (Present Indicative, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada)

• विमले: pure
• विमले: Adhikarana-viśeṣaṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative/7th, Singular)

• कुले: in a family/lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative/7th, Singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate section flow; explicit speaker appears in next adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A two-part vision: first, a luminous Brahmaloka sojourn; then a descent into a noble household where a child is born with Vedic symbols (four Vedas as four scrolls) hovering—signifying caturveda-jñāna and purity of lineage.

Characters & Entities

• rāja (king)
• caturveda
• dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained through tīrtha-related dharma ripens into exalted rebirth—learning, purity of lineage, and strong Vedic orientation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the fruit described for Sāvitrī Tīrtha in the preceding verse, within the Revā Khaṇḍa itinerary.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it states the karmic outcome after the completion of the prior heavenly stay.