Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तेन पुण्येन महता मृतः स्वर्गमवाप्नुयात् । अप्सरोगणसंवीतो जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः

Transliteration

tena puṇyena mahatā mṛtaḥ svargamavāpnuyāt | apsarogaṇasaṃvīto jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ

Translation

તે મહાન પુણ્યથી તે દેહત્યાગ પછી સ્વર્ગને પામે છે; અપ્સરાગણથી પરિવૃત રહી ‘જય’ વગેરે મંગલધ્વનિઓથી અભિનંદિત થાય છે.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पुण्येन: by merit
• पुण्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• महता: great
• महता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘पुण्येन’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• मृतः: having died
• मृतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: would attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग ‘अव’

• अप्सरोगणसंवीतः: surrounded by hosts of apsarases
• अप्सरोगणसंवीतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्सरस्-गण-संवीत (प्रातिपदिक; अप्सरस् + गण + संवीत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘संवीत’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) from √वी (वेञ्) with सम्-; ‘मृतः’/सः इत्यस्य विशेषण

• जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः: with auspicious (cries) beginning with ‘jaya’
• जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय-शब्द-आदि-मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक; जय + शब्द + आदि + मङ्गल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ अव्ययपूर्वपद (etc.)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (continuation of Revākhaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A soul ascending to svarga, greeted by apsarā hosts; banners and attendants proclaim ‘jaya’; luminous celestial architecture; the pilgrim’s merit visualized as a radiant aura.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Apsarogaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit is portrayed as transformative even beyond death, leading to exalted heavenly experience.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Revā-region tīrtha praised in the immediately preceding verse of Adhyāya 135.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added here; it states the posthumous fruit of the previously described snāna and worship.