Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

अभिनिर्वर्त्य मौनेन पश्यते देवमीदृशम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो रुद्रलोके महीयते

Transliteration

abhinirvartya maunena paśyate devamīdṛśam | sarvapāpavinirmukto rudraloke mahīyate

Translation

ครั้นสำเร็จวัตรด้วยการถือมาวนะ (ความสงัดวาจา) ย่อมได้เฝ้าดูพระเทวะเช่นนั้น ครั้นพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง ย่อมได้รับการยกย่องในรุดรโลก—สูงส่งด้วยพระกรุณาที่เกิดจากการบูชาตีรถะและการถือวัตร

Word by Word

• अभिनिर्वर्त्य: having carried out/fulfilled
• अभिनिर्वर्त्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+निर्+√वृत्/√वर्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having duly performed/accomplished)

• मौनेन: by silence
• मौनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणवाचक

• पश्यते: sees/beholds
• पश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ईदृशम्: such (of this kind)
• ईदृशम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘देवम्’ इति विशेषण

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व+पाप+विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; वि+निर्+√मुच् धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वाणि पापानि—तैः विनिर्मुक्तः), भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र+लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (रुद्रस्य लोकः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is honored/glorified)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Adhyāya context; later verse says “śivabhāṣitam”)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (darśana-sthāna implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After dawn rites, a silent devotee stands with folded hands before a radiant Śaiva deity (or liṅga) in a riverside temple; the atmosphere is hushed; a faint aura suggests Rudraloka as a celestial backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Mauna
• Rudra
• Rudraloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Silence and completion of vow culminate in purifying vision and elevation to Rudra’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The result is promised within the Māṇḍaveśvara/Māṇḍavya-Nārāyaṇa kṣetra narrative of Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mauna (silence) as a concluding discipline of the observance, paired with darśana (beholding the deity).