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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

तेन पुण्येन महता मृतः स्वर्गमवाप्नुयात् । अप्सरोगणसंवीतो जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः

tena puṇyena mahatā mṛtaḥ svargamavāpnuyāt | apsarogaṇasaṃvīto jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ

اس عظیم پُنّیہ کے سبب، مرنے کے بعد وہ سَوَرگ کو پہنچتا ہے؛ اپسراؤں کے گروہوں سے گھرا ہوا، ‘جے!’ وغیرہ کی مبارک صداؤں سے اس کا استقبال ہوتا ہے۔

तेनby that
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
पुण्येनby merit
पुण्येन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
महताgreat
महता:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘पुण्येन’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
मृतःhaving died
मृतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृ (धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)
स्वर्गम्heaven
स्वर्गम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
अवाप्नुयात्would attain
अवाप्नुयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग ‘अव’
अप्सरोगणसंवीतःsurrounded by hosts of apsarases
अप्सरोगणसंवीतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्सरस्-गण-संवीत (प्रातिपदिक; अप्सरस् + गण + संवीत)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘संवीत’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) from √वी (वेञ्) with सम्-; ‘मृतः’/सः इत्यस्य विशेषण
जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैःwith auspicious (cries) beginning with ‘jaya’
जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootजय-शब्द-आदि-मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक; जय + शब्द + आदि + मङ्गल)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ अव्ययपूर्वपद (etc.)

Unspecified in snippet (continuation of Revākhaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Scene: A soul ascending to svarga, greeted by apsarā hosts; banners and attendants proclaim ‘jaya’; luminous celestial architecture; the pilgrim’s merit visualized as a radiant aura.

S
Svarga
A
Apsarogaṇa

FAQs

Pilgrimage merit is portrayed as transformative even beyond death, leading to exalted heavenly experience.

The same Revā-region tīrtha praised in the immediately preceding verse of Adhyāya 135.

No new rite is added here; it states the posthumous fruit of the previously described snāna and worship.