Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

न तस्य सम्भवो मर्त्ये तस्य वासो भवेद्दिवि । नियमस्थो विमुच्येत त्रिजन्मजनितादघात्

Transliteration

na tasya sambhavo martye tasya vāso bhaveddivi | niyamastho vimucyeta trijanmajanitādaghāt

Translation

Baginya tiada lagi kembali ke alam manusia; tempat tinggalnya menjadi di alam surgawi. Teguh dalam niyama suci, dia dibebaskan daripada dosa yang terkumpul dari tiga kelahiran.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• सम्भवः: existence, possibility (birth)
• सम्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; कर्तृ/भाववाचक (existence/occurrence)

• मर्त्ये: in the mortal realm
• मर्त्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the mortal world)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• वासः: dwelling, residence
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; कर्तृ/भाववाचक (dwelling)

• भवेत्: would be / should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (द्यौः), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in heaven)

• नियमस्थः: abiding in discipline
• नियमस्थः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियम + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (one who is in observance/discipline); विशेषणम् (implicit subject)

• विमुच्येत: would be freed
• विमुच्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगसदृश (would be released)

• त्रिजन्मजनितात्: arisen from three births
• त्रिजन्मजनितात्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + जन्म + जनित (√जन् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुं-समासान्त-प्रयोग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘अघात्’; तत्पुरुष (arisen from three births)

• अघात्: from sin
• अघात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5), एकवचन; अपादान (from sin)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭiliṅga

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-keeper at the Śiva shrine radiates purity; above, a symbolic path from earth to heavenly realms, with chains of past sins breaking—suggesting release from three-birth sin and no return to mortality.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined observance (niyama) at a sacred place purifies deep karmic burdens and leads toward higher states beyond repeated mortality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha (connected to the Narmadā region) is implied; the promise is tied to observance ‘here’ in the ongoing passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Remaining ‘niyamastha’—steadfast in vows and regulated conduct—along with the implied tīrtha practices (such as bathing) from the preceding verse.