Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

येषां त्वंतगतं पापं स्वर्गाद्वा ये समागताः । सर्वव्यसननिर्मुक्ता धर्ममेकं भजन्ति ते

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ tvaṃtagataṃ pāpaṃ svargādvā ye samāgatāḥ | sarvavyasananirmuktā dharmamekaṃ bhajanti te

Translation

എന്നാൽ പാപം അവസാനിച്ചവരും അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സ്വർഗത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മടങ്ങിവന്നവരും—എല്ലാ വ്യസനങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും വിമുക്തരായി ധർമ്മം മാത്രമേ ഭജിക്കൂ.

Word by Word

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — relative pronoun ‘of whom’

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle) — contrast/emphasis ‘but/indeed’

• anta-gatam: ended
• anta-gatam: Karta (Predicate adjective of pāpam/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (गम्-धातु + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — उपपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘अन्तं गतम्’ = ‘ended/come to an end’; agrees with pāpam

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — subject of implied ‘is ended’

• svargāt: from heaven
• svargāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — ablative ‘from heaven’

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (disjunctive particle) — ‘or’

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — relative pronoun

• samāgatāḥ: have come
• samāgatāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-gam (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘arrived/come’

• sarva-vyasana-nirmuktāḥ: freed from all vices
• sarva-vyasana-nirmuktāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vyasana (प्रातिपदिक) + nirmukta (मुच्-धातु + क्त, नि: उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘सर्वेभ्यः व्यसनेभ्यः निर्मुक्ताः’ (freed from all vices)

• dharmam: dharma
• dharmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — object

• ekam: one alone
• ekam: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — adjective qualifying dharmam

• bhajanti: worship
• bhajanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhaj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘worship/serve’

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — demonstrative pronoun

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-context (Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene contrast image: a purified person, calm and radiant, turns away from temptations and walks toward a dharma-shrine or scripture, symbolizing ‘dharma alone’ as the chosen path.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When pāpa is exhausted, the mind naturally inclines to dharma; freedom from vice is a sign of inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on spiritual character and karmic maturity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is specified; the verse recommends single-minded adherence to dharma as the purified person’s path.