Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या त्यजते देहमात्मनः । विष्णुलोकं मृतो याति जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā tyajate dehamātmanaḥ | viṣṇulokaṃ mṛto yāti jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดสละกายของตน ณ ตีรถะนั้นด้วยศรัทธาภักดี ครั้นสิ้นชีวิตย่อมไปสู่โลกของพระวิษณุ ได้รับการต้อนรับด้วยเสียงไชโยชัยและถ้อยคำมงคลอันเป็นสิริมงคล

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/अवधारणार्थ) — particle (but/indeed)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular (relative pronoun)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental singular

• त्यजते: gives up/abandons
• त्यजते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — Present indicative, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada

• देहम्: the body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive singular

• विष्णुलोकम्: Vishnu’s world (Vaikuṇṭha)
• विष्णुलोकम्: Gati/Karma (Goal of motion/गति-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: विष्णोः लोकः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular

• मृतः: dead; having died
• मृतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Past participle, Masculine, Nominative singular

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — Present indicative, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada

• जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः: with auspicious rites beginning with cries of ‘jaya’
• जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः: Karana (Accompaniment/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: (जय-शब्द)-आदि-मङ्गल (आदि = ‘beginning with’); बहुवचन तृतीया विभक्ति — Instrumental plural; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (मङ्गल) प्रायः

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (unspecified sub-tīrtha in context)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a river-tīrtha relinquishes the body in serene devotion; celestial beings receive him with victory-cries and auspicious benedictions as a radiant path opens toward Viṣṇu’s realm.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇuloka
• Cakratīrtha (implied)
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion at a sacred place sanctifies even one’s final moment, directing the soul toward the Lord’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha under praise in this section—Cakratīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No separate rite is mandated; the emphasis is on bhakti and the sanctity of being at the tīrtha at life’s end.