Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

जन्मांतरसहस्रेण यत्पापं पूर्वसंचितम् । स्वर्गद्वारप्रविष्टस्य तत्सर्वं व्रजति क्षयम्

Transliteration

janmāṃtarasahasreṇa yatpāpaṃ pūrvasaṃcitam | svargadvārapraviṣṭasya tatsarvaṃ vrajati kṣayam

Translation

ہزاروں جنموں میں جو پاپ پہلے سے جمع ہو چکا ہو، سورگ دوار میں داخل ہونے والے کا وہ سب نَشت ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• janmāṃtarasahasreṇa: by (the span of) a thousand births
• janmāṃtarasahasreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janma (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; समासः: जन्मान्तराणां सहस्रेण (by/through a thousand (of) other births)

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धबोधकं (relative: which/whatever)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• pūrvasaṃcitam: previously accumulated
• pūrvasaṃcitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃcita (प्रातिपदिक; √ci)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; समासः: पूर्वं सञ्चितम् (previously accumulated)

• svargadvārapraviṣṭasya: of one who has entered Svarga-dvāra
• svargadvārapraviṣṭasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक) + praviṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; pra-√viś)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; समासः: स्वर्गद्वारे प्रविष्टस्य (of one who has entered Svarga-dvāra)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• vrajati: goes; comes to
• vrajati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• kṣayam: destruction; end
• kṣayam: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa dialogue style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svargadvāra (Ayodhyā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim crosses an auspicious boundary marker of Svargadvāra; dark smoke-like forms symbolizing sins dissolve into light, while the Sarayū glimmers behind and celestial beings shower flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Svargadvāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Entering a supremely holy tīrtha is depicted as a powerful purifier that burns vast stores of past sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Svargadvāra in Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act emphasized is entering/approaching the tīrtha; no additional rite is explicitly required in this verse.