Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

सर्वस्तेषां शुभः कालः स्वर्गद्वारं श्रयंति ये । स्नानमात्रेण पापानि विलयं यांति देहिनाम्

Transliteration

sarvasteṣāṃ śubhaḥ kālaḥ svargadvāraṃ śrayaṃti ye | snānamātreṇa pāpāni vilayaṃ yāṃti dehinām

Translation

സ്വർഗ്ഗദ്വാരത്തെ ആശ്രയിക്കുന്നവർക്ക് എല്ലാ കാലവും ശുഭമാണ്. സ്നാനം മാത്രം ചെയ്താലും ദേഹികളുടെ പാപങ്ങൾ ലയിച്ചുപോകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• सर्वः: entire; all
• सर्वः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to कालः)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• शुभः: auspicious
• शुभः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to कालः)

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वर्गद्वारम्: the gate of heaven
• स्वर्गद्वारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग + द्वार (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गस्य द्वारम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रयन्ति: resort to
• श्रयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपदी, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; अर्थः—“आश्रयन्ति” (resort to)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• स्नानमात्रेण: by mere bathing
• स्नानमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + मात्र (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (स्नानस्य मात्रम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; अर्थः—“स्नानमात्रेण” (by mere bathing)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (here: subject of यान्ति)

• विलयम्: to dissolution
• विलयम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गति-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थः—“नाशम्” (dissolution)

• यान्ति: go; come to
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपदी, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• देहिनाम्: of embodied beings
• देहिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; अर्थः—“देहवताम्” (of embodied beings)

Speaker

Varāha (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svargadvāra (Ayodhyā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descending steps into the Sarayū at Svargadvāra; a visual metaphor of dark impurities dissolving into light as water touches the body; auspicious symbols (kalasha, conch) indicating ‘every time is śubha’.

Characters & Entities

• Svargadvāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Refuge in a supremely holy place sanctifies time itself, and simple acts like bathing can cleanse sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Svargadvāra in Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) is explicitly praised as sufficient for the dissolution of sins in this sacred locus.