Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

जन्मांतरसहस्रेण यत्पापं पूर्वसंचितम् । स्वर्गद्वारप्रविष्टस्य तत्सर्वं व्रजति क्षयम्

Transliteration

janmāṃtarasahasreṇa yatpāpaṃ pūrvasaṃcitam | svargadvārapraviṣṭasya tatsarvaṃ vrajati kṣayam

Translation

Whatever sin has been accumulated over thousands of births, for one who enters Svargadvāra—all of it goes to destruction.

Word by Word

• janmāṃtarasahasreṇa: by (the span of) a thousand births
• janmāṃtarasahasreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janma (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; समासः: जन्मान्तराणां सहस्रेण (by/through a thousand (of) other births)

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धबोधकं (relative: which/whatever)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• pūrvasaṃcitam: previously accumulated
• pūrvasaṃcitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃcita (प्रातिपदिक; √ci)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; समासः: पूर्वं सञ्चितम् (previously accumulated)

• svargadvārapraviṣṭasya: of one who has entered Svarga-dvāra
• svargadvārapraviṣṭasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक) + praviṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; pra-√viś)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; समासः: स्वर्गद्वारे प्रविष्टस्य (of one who has entered Svarga-dvāra)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• vrajati: goes; comes to
• vrajati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• kṣayam: destruction; end
• kṣayam: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa dialogue style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svargadvāra (Ayodhyā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim crosses an auspicious boundary marker of Svargadvāra; dark smoke-like forms symbolizing sins dissolve into light, while the Sarayū glimmers behind and celestial beings shower flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Svargadvāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Entering a supremely holy tīrtha is depicted as a powerful purifier that burns vast stores of past sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Svargadvāra in Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act emphasized is entering/approaching the tīrtha; no additional rite is explicitly required in this verse.