Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

ददाति च त्रयोदश्यां भक्त्या परमयाङ्गना । यस्यां यस्यां मृता जायेद्भूयो योन्यां तु जन्मनि

Transliteration

dadāti ca trayodaśyāṃ bhaktyā paramayāṅganā | yasyāṃ yasyāṃ mṛtā jāyedbhūyo yonyāṃ tu janmani

Translation

สตรีผู้มีภักติควรให้ทานในวันตรีโยทศีด้วยศรัทธาสูงสุด ในครรภ์ใดที่นางสิ้นชีวิต ในครรภ์นั้นเองนางย่อมเกิดใหม่อีกครั้งในภพถัดไป

Word by Word

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• त्रयोदश्याम्: on the thirteenth (tithi)
• त्रयोदश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयोदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (तिथौ)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परमया: supreme/great
• परमया: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भक्त्या)

• अङ्गना: the woman
• अङ्गना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यस्याम्: in which (womb/state)
• यस्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (यस्यां… तस्यां… प्रकारे)

• यस्याम्: in whichever
• यस्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• मृता: dead/having died
• मृता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे (she having died)

• जायेत्: should be born
• जायेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरर्थे

• योन्याम्: in a womb
• योन्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Contrast (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थे

• जन्मनि: in (a) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic instruction; likely within the Revā-khaṇḍa discourse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Trayodaśī, a devoted woman performs dāna with folded hands before a small altar; a subtle narrative device shows the wheel of births—her soul moving from one womb to another—indicating karmic continuity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional charity performed on an auspicious tithi is presented as spiritually potent and destiny-shaping across births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the Revā (Narmadā) Māhātmya within the Āvantya Khaṇḍa, emphasizing dharma in the Revā region rather than naming a single tirtha in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charitable giving) on Trayodaśī (the 13th lunar day) with supreme devotion.