Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

एवं यः कुरुते यात्रां विष्णुलोके स मोदते

Transliteration

evaṃ yaḥ kurute yātrāṃ viṣṇuloke sa modate

Translation

Quiconque accomplit ainsi le pèlerinage se réjouit dans le monde de Viṣṇu.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus/in this way’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन — सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun: ‘who’)

• कुरुते: performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन — ‘does/performs’

• यात्राम्: the pilgrimage
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• विष्णुलोके: in Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णुलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन — ‘in Viṣṇu’s world’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन — संकेतवाचक सर्वनाम (correlative: ‘he’)

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन — ‘rejoices’

Speaker

Agastya (contextual narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-yātrā (as prescribed in preceding verses)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra / general pilgrims (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding vision: a pilgrim completing Ayodhyā-yātrā is shown ascending toward Viṣṇu-loka—radiant Vaikuṇṭha-like realm with Viṣṇu enthroned—signifying the phala-śruti.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇuloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed pilgrimage bears transcendent fruit—devotional action culminates in nearness to Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ayodhyā pilgrimage circuit just described (saṅgama-snānā, Guptahari worship, and related yātrās).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Follow the previously stated method of yātrā; this verse states the resulting fruit (phala).