Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तेऽपि पापविनिर्मुक्ता देहांते चातिदुर्लभम् । चक्रिणस्तत्पदं यांति जरामरणवर्जितम्

Transliteration

te'pi pāpavinirmuktā dehāṃte cātidurlabham | cakriṇastatpadaṃ yāṃti jarāmaraṇavarjitam

Translation

ସେମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପାପମୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇ, ଦେହାନ୍ତେ ଚକ୍ରଧାରୀ ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ଅତିଦୁର୍ଲଭ ପରମ ପଦକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି, ଯାହା ଜରା-ମରଣବର୍ଜିତ।

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे (also/even)

• पापविनिर्मुक्ताः: freed from sin
• पापविनिर्मुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् (धातु) + वि-निर्- उपसर्ग)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• देहान्ते: at death
• देहान्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘देहस्य अन्ते’ (at the end of the body/life)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अतिदुर्लभम्: very hard to obtain
• अतिदुर्लभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• चक्रिणः: of the discus-bearer (Viṣṇu)
• चक्रिणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘चक्रिणः’ = विष्णोः (of the discus-bearer)

• तत्पदम्: that abode/state
• तत्पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘तस्य पदम्’ (that state/abode)

• यान्ति: go/attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• जरामरणवर्जितम्: free from old age and death
• जरामरणवर्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक) + मरण (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त; √वृज्/√वर्ज् (धातु) PPP ‘excluded’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

Speaker

Narrator (phalaśruti culmination; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a luminous riverbank of Viṣṇupadī; above, Viṣṇu as Cakrin radiates, indicating the jarā-maraṇa-free abode; the river glows as a purifier carrying away dark stains of pāpa.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (Cakrin)
• Cakra (discus)
• Jarā-maraṇa (aging and death)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is so great that it can grant sinlessness and a death-transcending divine destination, highlighting Purāṇic grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viṣṇupadī tīrtha, whose waters are said to lead beings to the abode of Cakrin (Viṣṇu).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, contact with the tīrtha water (entry/bathing) is the act; the verse states the resulting post-mortem attainment.