Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

ते नराः सकलं पुण्यं लभिष्यन्त्यवगाहजम् । विमानेनार्कवर्णेन घण्टाशतनिनादिना

Transliteration

te narāḥ sakalaṃ puṇyaṃ labhiṣyantyavagāhajam | vimānenārkavarṇena ghaṇṭāśataninādinā

Translation

Diese Menschen erlangen das volle Verdienst, das aus dem heiligen Bad erwächst, und (ziehen dahin) in einem himmlischen Wagen, sonnengleich strahlend, widerhallend vom Klang hundertfacher Glocken.

Word by Word

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

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सकलम्: entire, complete
• सकलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'पुण्यम्' विशेषण

• पुण्यम्: merit, holy reward
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लभिष्यन्ति: will obtain
• लभिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• अवगाह-जम्: born of bathing/immersion (in the sacred water)
• अवगाह-जम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवगाह (प्रातिपदिक; अव + √गाह् (धातु)) + ज (प्रातिपदिक; √जन् (धातु) कृत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अवगाहस्य/अवगाहात् जातम्)

• विमानेन: by/with an aerial car
• विमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अर्क-वर्णेन: sun-colored, radiant like the sun
• अर्क-वर्णेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; 'विमानेन' विशेषण

• घण्टा-शत-निनादिना: with the sound of a hundred bells
• घण्टा-शत-निनादिना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घण्टा (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + निनादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (घण्टानां शतस्य निनादः यस्य/येन)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker) to Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sun-colored celestial chariot descends/appears, ringing with a hundred bells, to carry the devotee who has gained bathing-born merit through devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Vimāna (celestial chariot)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-bathing performed in a sanctified context yields complete puṇya and symbolizes upliftment toward higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas within the Revā Khaṇḍa context, where avagāha (immersion) grants merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avagāha/snāna (ritual immersion) is the implied act producing puṇya.