Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्कृते महापापक्षयात्स्वर्गो भवेन्नृणाम्

Transliteration

tasminkṛte mahāpāpakṣayātsvargo bhavennṛṇām

Translation

ਜਦੋਂ ਉਹ ਕਰਮ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਵੇ, ਮਹਾਂ ਪਾਪਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਸ ਨਾਲ ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਲਈ ਸਵਰਗ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: when/therein (in that being done)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• कृते: when (it) is done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकृदन्त/कर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; लोके—‘तस्मिन् कृते’ = ‘when that is done’

• महापापक्षयात्: from the destruction of great sins
• महापापक्षयात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापाप + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; समासः—महच्च तत् पापम् (कर्मधारय) + तस्य क्षयः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); अपादाने (cause/source)

• स्वर्गः: heaven
• स्वर्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-निर्देशे

• भवेत्: would arise/be attained
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नृणाम्: of men/for people
• नृणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धे

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; prior speaker not shown in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completing a vrata/rite in Ayodhyā; the atmosphere suggests sins dissolving and a luminous path toward svarga, with Hari’s presence as the unseen guarantor of merit.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly performed dharmic observances purify even grave wrongdoing and elevate the practitioner toward higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is the implied sacred milieu where the praised observance is undertaken.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The emphasis is on completing the stated rite/observance; its stated result is pāpakṣaya and attainment of svarga.