Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

जायते सर्वजन्तूनां नात्र काचिद्विचारणा । अवशः स्ववशो वापि जन्तुस्तत्क्षेत्रमण्डले

Transliteration

jāyate sarvajantūnāṃ nātra kācidvicāraṇā | avaśaḥ svavaśo vāpi jantustatkṣetramaṇḍale

Translation

Đối với mọi hữu tình, tại nơi ấy quả báo tự nhiên phát sinh, không cần bàn luận thêm. Dù bất lực hay tự chế, chúng sinh ở trong kṣetra-maṇḍala linh thiêng ấy đều đạt được quả đã được định sẵn.

Word by Word

• jāyate: is born
• jāyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु √जन्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is born/comes into being)

• sarva-jantūnām: of all creatures
• sarva-jantūnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (all beings)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• kācid: any (some)
• kācid: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (some/any)

• vicāraṇā: consideration, deliberation
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• avaśaḥ: helpless, not in control
• avaśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• svavaśaḥ: self-controlled
• svavaśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (under one’s own control)

• vā: or
• vā: Samuccaya/Vikalpa (Coordination/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive: or)

• api: even, also
• api: Samuccaya (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (also/even)

• jantuḥ: a creature
• jantuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tat-kṣetra-maṇḍale: in that sacred area
• tat-kṣetra-maṇḍale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (in that field-region/circuit)

Speaker

Yama (continuing the explanation of tīrtha-fruit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general) / kṣetra-maṇḍala (unspecified precinct)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous sacred precinct marked by boundary-stones/flags; diverse beings—ascetics, householders, the sick, animals—crossing into the kṣetra-maṇḍala while an unseen divine force ‘bestows fruit’.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (implied)
• Śukla-tīrtha (implied)
• Kṣetra-maṇḍala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra’s sanctity itself is efficacious: within a consecrated zone, grace operates beyond ordinary calculations of agency or capability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement refers to the sacred precinct connected with Śukla-tīrtha in the Narmadā (Revā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it emphasizes the inherent potency of remaining/dying within the sacred kṣetra-maṇḍala.