Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

यावत्कीर्तिर्मनुष्येषु तावत्स्वर्गे महीयते । विमुक्ताः सकलात्पापाद्यास्यंति परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

yāvatkīrtirmanuṣyeṣu tāvatsvarge mahīyate | vimuktāḥ sakalātpāpādyāsyaṃti paramāṃ gatim

Translation

Solange euer Ruhm unter den Menschen genannt wird, so lange werdet ihr im Himmel geehrt. Von aller Sünde befreit, werdet ihr das höchste Ziel erreichen.

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha-bodhaka (Correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्धाव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्धसूचक (correlative)

• कीर्तिः: fame, renown
• कीर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन (Singular)

• मनुष्येषु: among humans
• मनुष्येषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); बहुवचन (Plural)

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Sambandha-bodhaka (Correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्धाव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्धसूचक (correlative)

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन (Singular)

• महीयते: is honored, is glorified
• महीयते: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• विमुक्ताः: freed, liberated
• विमुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण/कर्तृपद (as subject)

• सकलात्: from all, from the entire
• सकलात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th); एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (of पापात्)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th); एकवचन (Singular)

• यास्यन्ति: will go
• यास्यन्ति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (of गतिम्)

• गतिम्: goal, state
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śrī Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) (deduced from immediate narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopikā-sara (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gopīs (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-tier vision: on earth, people recite the devotees’ fame; in heaven, celestial beings honor them; above, a luminous path indicates the ‘supreme destination’ beyond heaven.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sacred merit leads to honor in higher worlds and culminates in liberation from sin and attainment of the highest goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage concerns Gopīsara tīrtha in Dvārakā Māhātmya, whose merit yields these results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; it declares the fruits (phala) of the tīrtha-associated merit.