Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

मृतः स्वर्गमवाप्नोति सत्यमीश्वरभाषितम्

Transliteration

mṛtaḥ svargamavāpnoti satyamīśvarabhāṣitam

Translation

ആരായാലും (അവിടെ) മരിച്ചാൽ അവൻ സ്വർഗ്ഗം പ്രാപിക്കും—ഇത് സത്യം, ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്ത വാക്ക്.

Word by Word

• मृतः: a dead person
• मृतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘dead person’ (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karman (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — गत्यर्थकर्म

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘attains’

• सत्यम्: true
• सत्यम्: Pratijna/Predicate (Vidheyabhava)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — विधेय (predicate nominative): ‘true’

• ईश्वरभाषितम्: spoken by the Lord
• ईश्वरभाषितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईश्वर + भाषित (कृदन्त/क्त); ‘ईश्वरेण भाषितम्’
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — विशेषणम् सत्यम्; ‘spoken by the Lord’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (attribution: statement presented as īśvara-bhāṣita)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśvara kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied continuation to Pāṇḍunandana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene end-of-life scene at a holy riverbank/temple precinct: a devotee lies peacefully, hearing divine names; priests and family chant; the shrine’s lamp burns steadily, suggesting the soul’s ascent to svarga.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (the Lord, typically Śiva in this context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is affirmed as life-transforming: even death connected with such holiness is said to lead to heavenly attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise applies to the tīrtha being discussed in Adhyāya 63 (centered on Kumāreśvara in this passage).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a phala-śruti (statement of spiritual result).