Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यः सूर्यलोकं च गच्छति । पुत्रदारधनान्यायुः प्राप्य सां सारिकं सुखम्

Transliteration

mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ sūryalokaṃ ca gacchati | putradāradhanānyāyuḥ prāpya sāṃ sārikaṃ sukham

Translation

…est délivré de tous les péchés et gagne le monde du Soleil. Ayant obtenu fils, épouse, richesse et longue vie, il goûte aussi le bonheur dans l’existence terrestre.

Word by Word

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु; मोचने)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• sarva-pāpebhyaḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpebhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘all’ qualifying ‘sins’)

• sūrya-lokam: the world of the Sun
• sūrya-lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sūryasya lokaḥ)

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

• gacchati: goes
• gacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु; गत्यर्थे)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• putra-dāra-dhana-āyuḥ: sons, wife, wealth, and lifespan (all)
• putra-dāra-dhana-āyuḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (sons, wife, wealth, lifespan as a set)

• prāpya: having obtained
• prāpya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prāp (धातु; प्राप्तौ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having obtained)

• sām: that (her/it)
• sām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sā (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; तद्-श्रृंखला)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• sārikaṃ: excellent/choice (lit. ‘sārika’)
• sārikaṃ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘sukham’)

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jayāditya / Saurasthāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After worship, the devotee is shown purified—dark stains of sin washed away—while a radiant path leads upward to Sūryaloka; below, a harmonious household scene signifies sons, spouse, wealth, and long life.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Sūryaloka
• Jayāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma harmonizes worldly welfare with spiritual ascent: devotion yields both sāṃsārika-sukha and higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The fruit is tied to Jayāditya worship connected with the Koṭitīrtha context in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states results (phalaśruti); the prescribed worship-offerings are detailed in the preceding verses.