Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

स याति परमं लोकं यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम् । ततः स्वर्गाच्च्युतः सोऽपि जायते विमले कुले

Transliteration

sa yāti paramaṃ lokaṃ yāvadābhūtasamplavam | tataḥ svargāccyutaḥ so'pi jāyate vimale kule

Translation

เขาไปสู่โลกอันสูงสุดตราบเท่าที่มหาปรลัยแห่งสรรพภาวะยังไม่มาถึง ครั้นแล้วเมื่อจุติจากสวรรค์ เขาย่อมบังเกิดใหม่ในตระกูลอันบริสุทธิ์ผ่องใส

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• परमम्: highest
• परमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• यावत्: until, as long as
• यावत्: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/परिमाणार्थक; ‘as long as, until’)

• आभूतसम्प्लवम्: the cosmic deluge (dissolution)
• आभूतसम्प्लवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आभूत + सम्प्लव (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘आभूतानां सम्प्लवः’ (deluge up to the elements)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपादान/कालार्थक; ‘thereafter, from there’)

• स्वर्गात्: from heaven
• स्वर्गात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• च्युतः: fallen (down)
• च्युतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: च्युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √च्यु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘fallen’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-कार; ‘also, even’)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• विमले: in pure
• विमले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘pure’

• कुले: family, lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (phala-śruti continuation of the prior dāna)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king) addressed in surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, radiant with tīrtha-merit, ascends to a luminous loka; in the background the cosmic ocean and pralaya imagery; then a gentle transition to a newborn in a pure household, signifying auspicious rebirth after svarga-kṣaya.

Characters & Entities

• svarga
• parama loka
• ābhūta-samplava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meritorious acts yield long-lasting heavenly results, and even after heavenly enjoyment ends, one gains an auspicious rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṇināgeśvara’s sacred sphere in the Revā Khaṇḍa frames the promised results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse states the fruit (phala) of the preceding charitable act rather than a new ritual rule.