Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

म्रियन्ति ये पापकृतो मनुष्यास्ते स्वर्गमायान्ति यथाऽमरेन्द्राः

Transliteration

mriyanti ye pāpakṛto manuṣyāste svargamāyānti yathā'marendrāḥ

Translation

แม้มนุษย์ผู้ก่อบาป หากสิ้นชีวิต ณ ที่นั้น (ในเขตตีรถะนั้น) ก็ย่อมไปสู่สวรรค์ ดุจดังจอมแห่งเหล่าอมรเทวา

Word by Word

• म्रियन्ति: die
• म्रियन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (those who)

• पापकृतः: evil-doers/sinners
• पापकृतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः—पापकृत् (तत्पुरुषः: ‘पापं कृतं येन/यैः’)

• मनुष्याः: men/humans
• मनुष्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संकेत/अन्वय (they)

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

• आयान्ति: go/come
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (comparative particle: as)

• अमरेन्द्राः: like the lords of the immortals (gods)
• अमरेन्द्राः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः—अमरेन्द्र (तत्पुरुषः: ‘अमराणाम् इन्द्राः’)

Speaker

Unspecified in the snippet (tīrtha-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā/Revā tīrtha-sphere

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A somber yet hopeful scene: a sinner at life’s end on the Narmadā bank; luminous messengers guide him upward toward svarga, while the river glows as the compassionate agent of transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Indra (by epithet amara-indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A highly praised tīrtha is portrayed as so purifying that it can uplift even the sinful, emphasizing divine grace mediated through sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha under discussion in Revākhaṇḍa Adhyāya 23 (connected with Viśalyā–Saṅgama/riverbank sanctity).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the focus is on the salvific fruit associated with dying in the tīrtha’s sanctified domain.