Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

अन्यान्पुण्यतमान्वृक्षानुपेत्य स्वर्गमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

anyānpuṇyatamānvṛkṣānupetya svargamāpnuyāt

Translation

اور بھی نہایت پُنیہ بخش درختوں کے پاس جا کر ان کی تعظیم و آراधना کرنے سے انسان سَورگ کو پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• पुण्यतमान्: most meritorious
• पुण्यतमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यतम (प्रातिपदिक; तमप्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; अतिशय-विशेषण (superlative)

• वृक्षान्: trees
• वृक्षान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• उपेत्य: having approached
• उपेत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (धातु) उप-उपसर्ग + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/क्त्वान्त), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having approached)

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

• आप्नुयात्: may attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative/Potential), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṇyatama-vṛkṣa worship (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājñī (Queen) or audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee approaches a radiant sacred tree in a grove; the tree is shown as a divine axis with subtle celestial beings above, indicating svarga as the promised fruit.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring sacred trees is treated as a virtue-bearing act with promised heavenly merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-khaṇḍa’s sacred geography includes holy groves and trees; no single tirtha is specified in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upāsanā/ārādhana by approaching and honoring auspicious trees.