Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

हा भ्रातर्मातः पुत्रेति पतन्ति पथि मूर्छिताः । इत्थंभूतेन मार्गेण स गीतो यमकिंकरैः

Transliteration

hā bhrātarmātaḥ putreti patanti pathi mūrchitāḥ | itthaṃbhūtena mārgeṇa sa gīto yamakiṃkaraiḥ

Translation

Khóc than: 'Hỡi anh em! Mẹ ơi! Con ơi!', họ ngã gục xuống đường, bất tỉnh. Trên con đường như vậy, hắn bị các sứ giả của Yama giải đi.

Word by Word

• हा: alas!
• हा: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्गार (interjection)

• भ्रातः: O brother
• भ्रातः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• मातः: O mother
• मातः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Quotation marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• पतन्ति: they fall
• पतन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पथि: on the path
• पथि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मूर्छिताः: fainted, unconscious
• मूर्छिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्छित (कृदन्त; मूर्छ् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (to implied 'te')

• इत्थंभूतेन: by such (a)
• इत्थंभूतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इत्थंभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषण

• मार्गेण: by the way/path
• मार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• सः: him
• सः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गीतः: was sung/recited
• गीतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गीत (कृदन्त; गा धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• यमकिंकरैः: by Yama's servants
• यमकिंकरैः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + किंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यमस्य किंकराः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not stated in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) Mahātmya context (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fainting soul on a desolate road, crying out names of relatives, dragged forward by stern Yamadūtas with staffs and ropes; dust, darkness, and a distant gate looming.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Yamakiṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At death, worldly relations cannot protect one; only dharma and merit accompany the soul.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; the focus is ethical instruction through afterlife imagery.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it implies cultivating merit through dharmic acts before death.