Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

श्लाघ्य एव हि ते मृत्युः पितुरस्माज्जनार्दृनात् । सर्वपातकनिर्मुक्तो गतोऽसौ धाम वैष्णवम्

Transliteration

ślāghya eva hi te mṛtyuḥ piturasmājjanārdṛnāt | sarvapātakanirmukto gato'sau dhāma vaiṣṇavam

Translation

بے شک اس جناردن کے ہاتھوں تمہارے باپ کی موت قابلِ ستائش ہے۔ وہ سب گناہوں سے پاک ہو کر ویشنو دھام کو پہنچ گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• ślāghyaḥ: praiseworthy
• ślāghyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to mṛtyuḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ślāghya (प्रातिपदिक; from √ślagh (धातु) ‘to praise’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (mṛtyuḥ)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mṛtyuḥ: death
• mṛtyuḥ: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• pituḥ: of (your) father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• asmāt: from this
• asmāt: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• janārdanāt: from Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• janārdanāt: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; विशेषनाम (Viṣṇu)

• sarvapātakanirmuktaḥ: freed from all sins
• sarvapātakanirmuktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to asau)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nirmukta (कृदन्त; √muc (धातु) with nis-/nir-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘सर्वेभ्यः पातकेभ्यः निर्मुक्तः’ (freed from all sins); क्त-प्रत्यय

• gataḥ: has gone
• gataḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (कृदन्त; √gam (धातु))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियासमाना (past participle used predicatively)

• asau: he
• asau: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dhāma: abode
• dhāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• vaiṣṇavam: of Viṣṇu/Vaiṣṇava
• vaiṣṇavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to dhāma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (dhāma)

Speaker

Kāmakhyā Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaiṣṇava dhāma (Vaikuṇṭha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhāratarṣabha (royal listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consolatory scene where the speaker declares the deceased’s liberation: a subtle vision of Viṣṇu’s abode—radiant gateway, conch and discus motifs—while mourners’ faces soften into acceptance.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• Vaiṣṇava Dhāma (abode of Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with the divine (even through death in a sacred narrative frame) is portrayed as purifying, leading to release from sin and attainment of Viṣṇu’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is specified; the verse glorifies the transcendent Vaiṣṇava dhāma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the focus is on the salvific result (sarvapātaka-nirmukti and reaching Vaiṣṇava dhāma).