Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

आजन्मसंभवैः पापैः पुमान्येन विमुच्यते । आकल्पांत च वा येन रुद्रलोके प्रमोदते

Transliteration

ājanmasaṃbhavaiḥ pāpaiḥ pumānyena vimucyate | ākalpāṃta ca vā yena rudraloke pramodate

Translation

Dadurch wird der Mensch von den seit der Geburt angesammelten Sünden befreit, und dadurch erfreut er sich in Rudras Welt bis zum Ende des Kalpa.

Word by Word

• आजन्मसंभवैः: arising from birth (from birth onward)
• आजन्मसंभवैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-जन्म-सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (पापैः सह); तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (पापैः); समासः तत्पुरुषः (आजन्मनः सम्भवाः)

• पापैः: by/through sins (i.e., from sins)
• पापैः: Karana (Instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• पुमान्: a man/person
• पुमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• येन: by which/through which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• विमुच्यते: is released/freed
• विमुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• आकल्पान्त: until the end of a kalpa
• आकल्पान्त: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-कल्प-अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial: 'up to the end of a kalpa')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction 'and')

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle 'or')

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra's world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य लोकः)

• प्रमोदते: rejoices
• प्रमोदते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Vāsudeva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudraloka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proclamation of a rite whose power wipes away lifelong sins and grants joyous residence in Rudra’s world until cosmic dissolution.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Rudra-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-centered expiation is portrayed as deeply purifying—erasing long-standing sin and granting exalted posthumous joy in Rudra’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is named; the verse highlights Rudra-loka (Śiva’s divine realm).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An unspecified Rudra-related prāyaścitta is being introduced; details are implied to follow.