Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

ततश्चारोहिणीं प्राप्य गोगजाश्वनृजन्मभाक् । श्रूयते श्रुतिशास्त्रेषु वेदेषु च परंतप

Transliteration

tataścārohiṇīṃ prāpya gogajāśvanṛjanmabhāk | śrūyate śrutiśāstreṣu vedeṣu ca paraṃtapa

Translation

پھر، 'ارتقائی راستہ' پا کر، وہ گائے، ہاتھی، گھوڑے اور انسان کے طور پر جنم لیتا ہے—ایسا شروتی، شاستروں اور ویدوں میں سنا گیا ہے، اے دشمنوں کو زیر کرنے والے۔

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अपादान-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thereafter/from that)

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

• आरोहिणीम्: (a female named) Ārohiṇī / one who ascends
• आरोहिणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• गोगजाश्वनृजन्मभाक्: one who partakes of births as cow, elephant, horse, and man
• गोगजाश्वनृजन्मभाक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गो + गज + अश्व + नृ + जन्म + भाज् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भज्/भाज् + क्विप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः—पूर्वभागे द्वन्द्वः (गो-गज-अश्व-नृ), उत्तरपदे तत्पुरुषः (…जन्म), क्विप्-प्रत्ययान्त (भाक् = भज् धातोः)

• श्रूयते: is heard / is stated
• श्रूयते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• श्रुतिशास्त्रेषु: in the śruti-texts
• श्रुतिशास्त्रेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Source/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुतिशास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक: श्रुति + शास्त्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (श्रुतेः शास्त्रेषु)

• वेदेषु: in the Vedas
• वेदेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Source/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

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

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes
• परंतप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (परान् तपयति इति)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa (addressing a heroic listener, vocative: paraṃtapa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage cites śruti and veda as he describes the soul’s gradual ascent through noble animal births to human embodiment, suggesting restoration of dharmic capacity.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Śruti
• Śāstra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma can elevate a being through progressively higher births; scriptural tradition frames this as a moral impetus toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape that hosts these teachings; no single tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse appeals to Vedic/Śruti authority to validate the doctrine of karmic ascent.