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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

म्रियन्ति ये पापकृतो मनुष्यास्ते स्वर्गमायान्ति यथाऽमरेन्द्राः

mriyanti ye pāpakṛto manuṣyāste svargamāyānti yathā'marendrāḥ

Même les hommes qui ont commis des fautes—s’ils meurent (là, dans la sphère de ce tīrtha)—parviennent au ciel, tels des seigneurs parmi les immortels.

म्रियन्तिdie
म्रियन्ति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
येthose who
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (those who)
पापकृतःevil-doers/sinners
पापकृतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः—पापकृत् (तत्पुरुषः: ‘पापं कृतं येन/यैः’)
मनुष्याःmen/humans
मनुष्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संकेत/अन्वय (they)
स्वर्गम्to heaven
स्वर्गम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
आयान्तिgo/come
आयान्ति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-या (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
यथाas
यथा:
Upamana (Comparison/उपमान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपमानवाचक (comparative particle: as)
अमरेन्द्राःlike the lords of the immortals (gods)
अमरेन्द्राः:
Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootअमर (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः—अमरेन्द्र (तत्पुरुषः: ‘अमराणाम् इन्द्राः’)

Unspecified in the snippet (tīrtha-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha: Narmadā/Revā tīrtha-sphere

Type: kshetra

Scene: A somber yet hopeful scene: a sinner at life’s end on the Narmadā bank; luminous messengers guide him upward toward svarga, while the river glows as the compassionate agent of transformation.

S
Svarga
I
Indra (by epithet amara-indra)

FAQs

A highly praised tīrtha is portrayed as so purifying that it can uplift even the sinful, emphasizing divine grace mediated through sacred place.

The tīrtha under discussion in Revākhaṇḍa Adhyāya 23 (connected with Viśalyā–Saṅgama/riverbank sanctity).

No explicit ritual is stated; the focus is on the salvific fruit associated with dying in the tīrtha’s sanctified domain.