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

By this a man is freed from sins accumulated since birth, and by this he rejoices in Rudra’s world even until the end of the aeon.

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.