Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 127

Devanagari script

अव्युच्छिन्ना सदा राज्ञि सन्ततिर्जायते भुवि । एवं ते तिथिमाहात्म्यं दानयोगेन भाषितम्

Transliteration

avyucchinnā sadā rājñi santatirjāyate bhuvi | evaṃ te tithimāhātmyaṃ dānayogena bhāṣitam

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชินี บนแผ่นดินนี้ย่อมบังเกิดสายสกุลสืบต่อไม่ขาดสายอยู่เสมอ ดังนี้ได้พรรณนามหิมาแห่งตถิ (วันจันทรคติ) แด่พระองค์ โดยอาศัยโยคะแห่งทานอันเป็นวินัยแห่งการให้ทาน

Word by Word

• अव्युच्छिन्ना: unbroken, uninterrupted
• अव्युच्छिन्ना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्युच्छिन्न (कृदन्त; √छिद् (धातु) + वि-उत्- उपसर्ग; निष्ठा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) विशेषण-रूपेण

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• राज्ञि: in/for the queen
• राज्ञि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सन्ततिः: progeny, lineage
• सन्ततिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्तति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जायते: is born, arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

• तिथि-माहात्म्यम्: the greatness of the lunar day (tithi)
• तिथि-माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिथि (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तिथेः माहात्म्यम्)

• दान-योगेन: by the method/practice of giving (charity)
• दान-योगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दानस्य योगः)

• भाषितम्: has been spoken/declared
• भाषितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाषित (कृदन्त; √भाष् (धातु) + क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) — ‘spoken/declared’

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a Queen; within Revā-khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu (Revākhaṇḍa frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājñī (Queen)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A queen seated respectfully before sage Nārada, receiving instruction on tithi greatness and charity; attendants hold gift trays (cloth, grains, lamps) with a riverbank hermitage backdrop.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity aligned with sacred time (tithi) is portrayed as sustaining prosperity and continuity of lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse belongs to the Revā-khaṇḍa (Narmadā region) but this verse summarizes tithi-māhātmya rather than naming a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The teaching culminates in dāna-yoga—performing giving in accordance with tithis.