Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

न तेषां सन्ततिच्छेदो दश जन्मानि पञ्च च । तेषां पापं विलीयेत हिमं सूर्योदये यथा

Transliteration

na teṣāṃ santaticchedo daśa janmāni pañca ca | teṣāṃ pāpaṃ vilīyeta himaṃ sūryodaye yathā

Translation

ان کے لیے پندرہ جنموں تک نسل کا انقطاع نہیں ہوتا؛ اور ان کے گناہ یوں مٹ جاتے ہیں جیسے سورج نکلتے ہی پالا گھل جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• santati-chhedaḥ: cutting off of lineage
• santati-chhedaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: santati (प्रातिपदिक) + chheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सन्ततेः छेदः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; modifies janmāni

• janmāni: births
• janmāni: Kāla/Parimāṇa (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; (elliptically) with janmāni

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vilīyeta: would dissolve / should melt away
• vilīyeta: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lī (धातु) + vi-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• himam: snow
• himam: Dṛṣṭānta (Example-term/दृष्टान्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sūryodaye: at sunrise
• sūryodaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūryodaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य उदयः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Upamāna (Comparison-marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Revā Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā tīrtha (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sunrise over a cold riverbank; frost on stones dissolves as first rays touch; a pilgrim emerges from snāna with folded hands, aura of purification suggested by light.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a great tīrtha is said to protect worldly continuity (lineage) and to hasten purification (pāpa-kṣaya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā’s tīrtha-sphere, continuing the praise of the Adhyāya 29 confluence context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly refers back to the preceding acts at Narmadā (taking/drinking the water, pradakṣiṇā); this verse states their results.