Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

अशुभशतसहस्रं ते विधूय प्रपन्नास्त्रिदिवममरजुष्टं सिद्धगन्धर्वयुक्तम् । विमलशशिनिभाभिः सर्व एवाप्सरोभिः सह विविधविलासैः स्वर्गसौख्यं लभन्ते

Transliteration

aśubhaśatasahasraṃ te vidhūya prapannāstridivamamarajuṣṭaṃ siddhagandharvayuktam | vimalaśaśinibhābhiḥ sarva evāpsarobhiḥ saha vividhavilāsaiḥ svargasaukhyaṃ labhante

Translation

ಅವರು ಲಕ್ಷಾಂತರ ಅಶುಭಕರ್ಮಗಳನ್ನು ವಿಧೂಯಿಸಿ ದೇವರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಿಯವಾದ ತ್ರಿದಿವಲೋಕವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಅದು ಸಿದ್ಧ-ಗಂಧರ್ವರಿಂದ ಯುಕ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ. ನಿರ್ಮಲ ಚಂದ್ರನಂತೆ ಕಾಂತಿಮಯ ಅಪ್ಸರೆಯರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಅವರು ವಿವಿಧ ವಿಲಾಸಗಳೊಡನೆ ಸ್ವರ್ಗಸೌಖ್ಯವನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Word by Word

• अशुभ-शत-सहस्रम्: a hundred thousand sins/inauspicious acts
• अशुभ-शत-सहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—अशुभानां शतसहस्रम् (neuter accusative singular)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (they)

• विधूय: having cast off
• विधूय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘विधूय’ = having shaken off/removed (absolutive)

• प्रपन्नाः: having attained/entered
• प्रपन्नाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (भूतकृदन्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि/भावे—‘शरणं गताः’ (masculine nominative plural)

• त्रिदिवम्: heaven (tridiva)
• त्रिदिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + दिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—त्रयाणां दिवां समाहारः/त्रिदिवः (neuter accusative singular: heaven)

• अमर-जुष्टम्: frequented by the gods
• अमर-जुष्टम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक) + जुष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—अमरैः जुष्टम् (neuter accusative singular adjective)

• सिद्ध-गन्धर्व-युक्तम्: associated with Siddhas and Gandharvas
• सिद्ध-गन्धर्व-युक्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—सिद्धैः गन्धर्वैः च युक्तम् (neuter accusative singular adjective; ‘endowed/associated with’)

• विमल-शशि-निभाभिः: with (those) resembling the pure moon
• विमल-शशि-निभाभिः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक) + शशि (प्रातिपदिक) + निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—विमलशशिना निभाः (instrumental plural; qualifying apsarases)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश विशेषण (masculine nominative plural)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• अप्सरोभिः: with apsarases
• अप्सरोभिः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), बहुवचन (feminine instrumental plural)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Association marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपसर्गसदृश/पूर्वपद (indeclinable: with)

• विविध-विलासैः: with various amusements
• विविध-विलासैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक) + विलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—विविधाः विलासाः (instrumental plural)

• स्वर्ग-सौख्यम्: heavenly happiness
• स्वर्ग-सौख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—स्वर्गस्य सौख्यम् (neuter accusative singular)

• लभन्ते: they obtain
• लभन्ते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (present indicative, 3rd plural, middle)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (inferred; concluding phalaśruti tone)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sages / audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant ascent to svarga: purified souls rising through luminous skies into a celestial city; Siddhas and Gandharvas welcome them with music; moon-bright Apsarases dance in graceful circles.

Characters & Entities

• Tridiva (Svarga)
• Siddhas
• Gandharvas
• Apsarases

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic devotion and merit remove accumulated negativity and lead to exalted states depicted as heavenly attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The merit is linked to the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative and its sacred tradition rather than one pinpointed location in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, śravaṇa/pāṭha of the praised narrative; the verse states the fruit (svarga-sukha), not procedural details.