Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

पापैर्विमुक्ता दिवि मोदमानाः सम्भोगिनश्चैव तु नान्यथा च

Transliteration

pāpairvimuktā divi modamānāḥ sambhoginaścaiva tu nānyathā ca

Translation

Délivrés des péchés, ils se réjouissent au ciel, goûtant aux délices divines ; en vérité, il n’en va pas autrement.

Word by Word

• पापैः: by sins
• पापैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (by/with sins)

• विमुक्ताः: freed
• विमुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+मुच् (धातु) → विमुक्त (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि-भाव; Past passive participle used adjectivally (freed)

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular (in heaven)

• मोदमानाः: rejoicing
• मोदमानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुद् (धातु) → मोदमान (कृदन्त, शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि शतृ-प्रत्यय; Present active participle (rejoicing)

• सम्भोगिनः: enjoyers
• सम्भोगिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्+भुज् (धातु) → सम्भोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; -इन्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessor/one engaged in enjoyment)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: otherwise)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīra (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha/King (Arjuna/royal addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous afterlife tableau: purified pilgrims ascending to svarga, serene faces, celestial gardens and vimānas, suggesting the certainty of tīrtha-phala.

Characters & Entities

• Heaven (divi)
• Sin (pāpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic devotion yields tangible fruits: purification from pāpa and joyful posthumous states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Narmadā tīrtha through the ongoing phalaśruti of her stotra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse summarizes results; the prescribed practice is the stotra recitation/listening described in the surrounding verses.