Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

भार्यापक्षे दशैवेह कुलान्येतानि तारयेत् । शूलभेदवने राजञ्छाकमूलफलैरपि

Transliteration

bhāryāpakṣe daśaiveha kulānyetāni tārayet | śūlabhedavane rājañchākamūlaphalairapi

Translation

اور بیوی کی طرف سے یہاں دس خاندانوں کو بھی وہ تار دیتا ہے۔ اے بادشاہ، شُول بھید کے جنگل میں تو محض ساگ، جڑیں اور پھل بھی اگر بھکتی سے نذر کیے جائیں تو یہی پُنّیہ حاصل ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• भार्या: wife's
• भार्या: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (as first member in compound)

• पक्षे: on the side (lineage)
• पक्षे: Adhikaraṇa (Domain/side/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भार्यायाः पक्षः

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma (Object: number/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative) एकवचनवत् प्रयोग (as count)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• इह: here
• इह: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: here)

• कुलानि: families/lineages
• कुलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), बहुवचन (plural)

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronominal adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन

• तारयेत्: should deliver/save
• तारयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); causative sense in usage 'should deliver'

• शूलभेदवने: in the Śūlabheda forest
• शूलभेदवने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलभेदवन (प्रातिपदिक: शूलभेद + वन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: शूलभेदस्य वनम्

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• शाक: vegetables
• शाक: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental) बहुवचन-समासपूर्वपद (as member of compound)

• मूल: roots
• मूल: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental) बहुवचन-समासपूर्वपद

• फलैः: with vegetables, roots, and fruits
• फलैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental), बहुवचन (plural); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: शाक + मूल + फल

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवादार्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing a King (rājan) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda-vana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a forest shrine, the pilgrim offers a leaf-plate of greens, roots, and fruits to Śiva; beside him stands his wife, and behind them appear ten ancestral figures of the wife’s line receiving light, indicating deliverance.

Characters & Entities

• Śūlabheda-vana (forest of Śūlabheda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincerity outweighs luxury: even simple offerings at a powerful tīrtha can uplift many generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda-vana (the Śūlabheda sacred forest) within the Revā Khaṇḍa pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering śāka (greens), mūla (roots), and phala (fruits) as part of rite/feeding/śrāddha-supporting acts at Śūlabheda.