Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

येषां त्वंतगतं पापं स्वर्गाद्वा ये समागताः । सर्वव्यसननिर्मुक्ता धर्ममेकं भजन्ति ते

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ tvaṃtagataṃ pāpaṃ svargādvā ye samāgatāḥ | sarvavyasananirmuktā dharmamekaṃ bhajanti te

Translation

لیکن جن کا گناہ ختم ہو چکا ہو، یا جو سُوَرگ سے لوٹے ہوں—ہر طرح کی بدعادتوں سے آزاد ہو کر—وہ صرف دھرم ہی کی بھکتی کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — relative pronoun ‘of whom’

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle) — contrast/emphasis ‘but/indeed’

• anta-gatam: ended
• anta-gatam: Karta (Predicate adjective of pāpam/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (गम्-धातु + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — उपपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘अन्तं गतम्’ = ‘ended/come to an end’; agrees with pāpam

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — subject of implied ‘is ended’

• svargāt: from heaven
• svargāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — ablative ‘from heaven’

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (disjunctive particle) — ‘or’

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — relative pronoun

• samāgatāḥ: have come
• samāgatāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-gam (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘arrived/come’

• sarva-vyasana-nirmuktāḥ: freed from all vices
• sarva-vyasana-nirmuktāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vyasana (प्रातिपदिक) + nirmukta (मुच्-धातु + क्त, नि: उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘सर्वेभ्यः व्यसनेभ्यः निर्मुक्ताः’ (freed from all vices)

• dharmam: dharma
• dharmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — object

• ekam: one alone
• ekam: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — adjective qualifying dharmam

• bhajanti: worship
• bhajanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhaj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘worship/serve’

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — demonstrative pronoun

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-context (Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene contrast image: a purified person, calm and radiant, turns away from temptations and walks toward a dharma-shrine or scripture, symbolizing ‘dharma alone’ as the chosen path.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When pāpa is exhausted, the mind naturally inclines to dharma; freedom from vice is a sign of inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on spiritual character and karmic maturity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is specified; the verse recommends single-minded adherence to dharma as the purified person’s path.