Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

येनार्चितो भगवान्वासुदेवो जन्मार्जितं नश्यति तस्य पापम् । स याति लोकं गरुडध्वजस्य विधूतपापः सुरसङ्घपूज्यताम्

Transliteration

yenārcito bhagavānvāsudevo janmārjitaṃ naśyati tasya pāpam | sa yāti lokaṃ garuḍadhvajasya vidhūtapāpaḥ surasaṅghapūjyatām

Translation

ഭഗവാൻ വാസുദേവനെ ആരാചിച്ചവന്റെ ജന്മജന്മാന്തരങ്ങളിൽ സമ്പാദിച്ച പാപം നശിക്കുന്നു। പാപം കഴുകിനീക്കി അവൻ ഗരുഡധ്വജന്റെ ലോകത്തെ പ്രാപിച്ച് ദേവസംഘത്തിൽ പൂജ്യനാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• yena: by whom/with whom
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• arcitaḥ: worshipped
• arcitaḥ: Kriya (Participial predicate/कृदन्त-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (अर्च्)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘having been worshipped’

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• vāsudevaḥ: Vasudeva (Vishnu/Krishna)
• vāsudevaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; apposition to bhagavān

• janma-arjitam: acquired through (many) births
• janma-arjitam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक) + arjita (√arj, कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (जन्मना अर्जितम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (of pāpam)

• naśyati: is destroyed
• naśyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (नश्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• yāti: goes
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• lokam: to the world/realm
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• garuḍa-dhvajasya: of the one whose banner is Garuda
• garuḍa-dhvajasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गरुडः ध्वजः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; epithet of Vishnu

• vidhūta-pāpaḥ: with sins shaken off
• vidhūta-pāpaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidhūta (√dhū, कृदन्त) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (विधूतं पापं यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (of saḥ)

• sura-saṅgha-pūjyatām: the state of being worshipped by hosts of gods
• sura-saṅgha-pūjyatām: Gati (Result/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅgha (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सुरसङ्घेन पूज्यता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; abstract noun ‘state of being worship-worthy’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers worship to Vāsudeva; above, Garuḍa-bannered Viṣṇu’s realm opens like a celestial gateway; devas appear honoring the purified pilgrim.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Garuḍadhvaja (Viṣṇu)
• Suras (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship of Vāsudeva is portrayed as a direct purifier of deep karmic residue and a cause for attaining divine realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-context, but it chiefly glorifies Vāsudeva worship rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (formal worship) of Bhagavān Vāsudeva.