Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

व्रजन्ति वैष्णवं लोकं दत्त्वा पादं यमोपरि । प्राणत्यागात्परं लोकं वैष्णवं नात्र संशयः । भित्त्वाशु भास्करं यान्ति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

vrajanti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ dattvā pādaṃ yamopari | prāṇatyāgātparaṃ lokaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | bhittvāśu bhāskaraṃ yānti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

เขาทั้งหลายไปสู่โลกไวษณพ โดยประหนึ่งวางเท้าทับยมะเอง ครั้นละลมหายใจแล้ว ย่อมบรรลุแดนไวษณพแน่นอน—หาได้มีความสงสัยไม่ ทะลุผ่านวงสุริยะโดยเร็วแล้วดำเนินต่อไป ไม่จำเป็นต้องไตร่ตรองอีก

Word by Word

• व्रजन्ति: they go
• व्रजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वैष्णवम्: Vishnu’s (Vaishnava)
• वैष्णवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लोकम् इत्यस्य)

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

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + त्वा (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having given’

• पादम्: a foot/step
• पादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• यम-उपरि: upon Yama
• यम-उपरि: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक) + उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: उपरि—अव्यय (prepositional adverb ‘upon/over’); यम—षष्ठी-सम्बन्धार्थे (implicit genitive: ‘upon Yama’)

• प्राणत्यागात्: after the giving up of life
• प्राणत्यागात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणत्याग (प्रातिपदिक) = प्राण + त्याग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थः (ablative: ‘from/after’); समासः—प्राण (life-breath) + त्याग (abandonment)

• परम्: higher/supreme
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लोकम्)

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वैष्णवम्: Vaishnava
• वैष्णवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लोकम्)

• न: not
• न: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place ‘here’)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भित्त्वा: having pierced
• भित्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु) + त्वा (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having split/pierced’

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb ‘quickly’)

• भास्करम्: the sun
• भास्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यान्ति: they go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• कार्या: need/necessity
• कार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘कार्य’ (thing to be done/necessary)

• विचारणा: deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate narrative context in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous soul-journey: the devotee steps over Yama (symbolic conquest of death), rises through radiant spheres, pierces the sun’s orb, and proceeds to a serene Vaiṣṇava realm.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Yama
• Bhāskara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-merit and dharmic observance are said to conquer fear of death and lead the devotee to a higher divine realm.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) sacred geography, whose fruits are being summarized as a phalaśruti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse is primarily a result-statement (phalaśruti), concluding the merit of the rite rather than adding new procedural steps.