Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

देहपाते व्रजेत्स्वर्गमित्येवं शङ्करोऽब्रवीत् । सितरक्तैस्तथा पीतैर्वस्त्रैश्च विविधैः शुभैः

Transliteration

dehapāte vrajetsvargamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt | sitaraktaistathā pītairvastraiśca vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อกายแตกดับ เขาย่อมไปสวรรค์—ดังนี้พระศังกระตรัสไว้ ด้วยผ้าขาว ผ้าแดง และผ้าเหลือง อันเป็นมงคลหลากหลาย—

Word by Word

• देहपाते: at the fall of the body (at death)
• देहपाते: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: देहस्य पातः (falling of the body)

• व्रजेत्: should go
• व्रजेत्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध/वाक्यचिह्न (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past/लङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सितरक्तैः: with white and red (ones)
• सितरक्तैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित + रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः: सितानि च रक्तानि च (white and red)

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनुक्रमवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• पीतैः: with yellow (ones)
• पीतैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participial adjective)

• वस्त्रैः: with garments
• वस्त्रैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• शुभैः: auspicious
• शुभैः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the bank of the Revā, a devotee arranges auspicious garments—white, red, and yellow—before a small altar; Śiva’s presence is implied as a blessing over the act promising svarga after death.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Svarga
• Gaurī
• Vastra (garments)
• Revā (Narmadā) Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity and sacred-place observance, affirmed by Śiva, yield exalted posthumous results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha context of Revā Khaṇḍa, with proximity to Gaurī/Śiva worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use/offer auspicious garments of various colors (white, red, yellow) in the associated worship/charity sequence.