Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

तथापि साधुसंगो हि धर्मायैव प्रजायते । इह लोके परत्रापि क्षेमाय च सुखाय च

Transliteration

tathāpi sādhusaṃgo hi dharmāyaiva prajāyate | iha loke paratrāpi kṣemāya ca sukhāya ca

Translation

«ومع ذلك، فإن صحبة الصالحين لا تُولد إلا لأجل الدارما؛ فهي تجلب السلامة والخير والسعادة في هذا العالم وفي العالم الآخر».

Word by Word

• तथापि: nevertheless
• तथापि: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चय (concessive: 'even so/however')

• साधुसङ्गः: company of the good
• साधुसङ्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (साधूनां सङ्गः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• धर्माय: for righteousness
• धर्माय: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• प्रजायते: arises, is produced
• प्रजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• परत्र: in the other world, hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (there/afterlife)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ-निपात (also)

• क्षेमाय: for welfare, security
• क्षेमाय: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• सुखाय: for happiness
• सुखाय: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

Speaker

Yama (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmin interlocutor (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene gathering of sādhus in a forest hermitage; Yama’s statement is visualized as luminous aura around the virtuous, with seekers receiving guidance.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhu-saṅga
• Dharma
• Paratra (hereafter)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Keeping the company of the righteous naturally strengthens dharma and produces well-being in both worldly life and the afterlife.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse states a universal principle that supports the value of pilgrimage and holy company.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the implied discipline is seeking and maintaining association with sādhus.