Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

उपवासी शुचिर्भूत्वा ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नुयात् । अस्माहकं समासाद्य यस्तु प्राणान् परित्यजेत्

Transliteration

upavāsī śucirbhūtvā brahmalokamavāpnuyāt | asmāhakaṃ samāsādya yastu prāṇān parityajet

Translation

Fastend und gereinigt kann er die Welt Brahmās erlangen. Und wer, nachdem er diesen unseren heiligen Ort erreicht hat, hier den Lebenshauch aufgibt, dem ist ebenfalls das höchste glückverheißende Ziel bestimmt.

Word by Word

• upavāsī: a faster (one who observes fasting)
• upavāsī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upavāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपवासकर्ता

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Purva-kala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• brahma-lokam: Brahma-world
• brahma-lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः

• avāpnuyāt: may attain
• avāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• asmāhakam: of us/our
• asmāhakam: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनस्य (Genitive plural) रूपम्; ‘अस्माकम्’ इत्यर्थे वैदिक/प्राकृत-प्राय रूपान्तरम्

• samāsādya: having approached/reached
• samāsādya: Purva-kala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√sad (सद् धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• prāṇān: life-breaths, life
• prāṇān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• parityajet: should abandon/give up
• parityajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√tyaj (त्यज् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra/tīrtha (contextual; ‘asmakam’ indicates presiding sanctity)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A purified fasting pilgrim by the river, with a luminous path rising upward to Brahmaloka; in a parallel vignette, a devotee’s peaceful passing at the kṣetra, attended by subtle divine messengers, indicating ‘uttama gati’.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vow-observance (upavāsa) and purity at a tīrtha elevate the soul; sacred place and sacred discipline together shape destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A revered Revākhaṇḍa tīrtha referred to as “our (place)” by the presiding sanctity; it is praised as a place where even death becomes spiritually fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) and śauca (purification), performed in connection with the tīrtha.