Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

भुक्त्वा समागता ह्यत्र ते यास्यन्त्यन्त्यजां गतिम् । बन्धयन्ति च ये जीवांस्त्यक्त्वात्मकुलसन्ततिम्

Transliteration

bhuktvā samāgatā hyatra te yāsyantyantyajāṃ gatim | bandhayanti ca ye jīvāṃstyaktvātmakulasantatim

Translation

Sau khi thọ nhận những quả báo ấy rồi trở lại cõi này, họ đi đến thân phận antyaja (kẻ bị gạt ra ngoài). Và những ai trói buộc các sinh linh—tự đoạn tuyệt dòng nối của gia tộc mình—cũng gặp kết cục như vậy.

Word by Word

• bhuktvā: having undergone/experienced
• bhuktvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive); ‘having experienced/enjoyed (the result)’

• samāgatāḥ: having come
• samāgatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + ā + √gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle, active sense); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘having come/arrived’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• yāsyanti: will go
• yāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• antyajām: lowest/outcaste
• antyajām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: antyajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘lowest/outcaste’ इति गतिं विशेषयति

• gatim: state/destination
• gatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• bandhayanti: bind
• bandhayanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bandh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• jīvān: living beings
• jīvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive); ‘having abandoned’

• ātma-kula-santatim: one’s family lineage
• ātma-kula-santatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman + kula + santati (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला: ‘ātmanas kula-santatiḥ’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purana narrative style within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence panel: (1) sinners binding animals/people; (2) suffering in hell; (3) return to earth as marginalized outcaste, with a broken household line symbolized by an extinguished lamp or severed family tree.

Characters & Entities

• Antyaja (outcaste condition)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cruelty and coercion toward living beings create heavy karmic residue, leading to degradation of one’s condition in future births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is within the Revā (Narmadā) section, but the verse itself is ethical instruction rather than tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the focus is on moral conduct (non-cruelty, restraint) as dharma.