Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 130
Devanagari script
अन्यान्पुण्यतमान्वृक्षानुपेत्य स्वर्गमाप्नुयात्
Transliteration
anyānpuṇyatamānvṛkṣānupetya svargamāpnuyāt
Translation
En s’approchant et en honorant aussi d’autres arbres au mérite suprême, on atteint le ciel.
Word by Word
अन्यान्other
अन्यान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण
पुण्यतमान्most meritorious
पुण्यतमान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्यतम (प्रातिपदिक; तमप्-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; अतिशय-विशेषण (superlative)
वृक्षान्trees
वृक्षान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
उपेत्यhaving approached
उपेत्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Root√इ (धातु) उप-उपसर्ग + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formअव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/क्त्वान्त), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having approached)
स्वर्गम्heaven
स्वर्गम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
आप्नुयात्may attain
आप्नुयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative/Potential), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
Speaker
Narrator
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Puṇyatama-vṛkṣa worship (general)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Rājñī (Queen) or audience
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A devotee approaches a radiant sacred tree in a grove; the tree is shown as a divine axis with subtle celestial beings above, indicating svarga as the promised fruit.
FAQs
Honoring sacred trees is treated as a virtue-bearing act with promised heavenly merit.
The Revā-khaṇḍa’s sacred geography includes holy groves and trees; no single tirtha is specified in this line.
Upāsanā/ārādhana by approaching and honoring auspicious trees.