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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

तेन पुण्येन महता मृतः स्वर्गमवाप्नुयात् । अप्सरोगणसंवीतो जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः

tena puṇyena mahatā mṛtaḥ svargamavāpnuyāt | apsarogaṇasaṃvīto jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ

Par ce grand mérite, à sa mort il atteint le ciel, entouré de troupes d’apsaras, accueilli par des acclamations de bon augure telles que « Victoire ! ».

तेनby that
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
पुण्येनby merit
पुण्येन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
महताgreat
महता:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘पुण्येन’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
मृतःhaving died
मृतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृ (धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)
स्वर्गम्heaven
स्वर्गम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
अवाप्नुयात्would attain
अवाप्नुयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग ‘अव’
अप्सरोगणसंवीतःsurrounded by hosts of apsarases
अप्सरोगणसंवीतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्सरस्-गण-संवीत (प्रातिपदिक; अप्सरस् + गण + संवीत)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘संवीत’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) from √वी (वेञ्) with सम्-; ‘मृतः’/सः इत्यस्य विशेषण
जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैःwith auspicious (cries) beginning with ‘jaya’
जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootजय-शब्द-आदि-मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक; जय + शब्द + आदि + मङ्गल)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ अव्ययपूर्वपद (etc.)

Unspecified in snippet (continuation of Revākhaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Scene: A soul ascending to svarga, greeted by apsarā hosts; banners and attendants proclaim ‘jaya’; luminous celestial architecture; the pilgrim’s merit visualized as a radiant aura.

S
Svarga
A
Apsarogaṇa

FAQs

Pilgrimage merit is portrayed as transformative even beyond death, leading to exalted heavenly experience.

The same Revā-region tīrtha praised in the immediately preceding verse of Adhyāya 135.

No new rite is added here; it states the posthumous fruit of the previously described snāna and worship.