Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

एकविंशत्कुलै र्युक्तः सर्वपापविवर्जितः । ब्रह्मलोकं स वै याति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

ekaviṃśatkulai ryuktaḥ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ | brahmalokaṃ sa vai yāti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

ومع إحدى وعشرين طبقةً من سلالته، منزَّهًا عن جميع الآثام، يمضي حقًّا إلى برهمالوك (عالم براهما)؛ ولا مجال هنا لأي تردّد.

Word by Word

• एकविंशत्कुलैः: with twenty-one lineages
• एकविंशत्कुलैः: Karana (Instrument/association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकविंशति + कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘एकविंशतिकुलैः’ (२१ कुलैः)

• युक्तः: endowed; joined
• युक्तः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वपापविवर्जितः: free from all sins
• सर्वपापविवर्जितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सर्वैः पापैः विवर्जितः’

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: to Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Gati-Karma (Destination object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• याति: goes; attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• कार्या: to be done; necessary
• कार्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘विचारणा’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• विचारणा: consideration; deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (result-statement)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau: the pilgrim’s lineage—ancestors and descendants—stand in a luminous chain, their sins washed away, as a radiant path rises toward Brahmaloka with Brahmā’s golden realm in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based devotion and dharmic acts can purify not only the individual but also uplift one’s lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the context of Brahmeśvara/Brahmakuṇḍa-related merits described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the fruit (phala) of the prescribed worship/observance described in the surrounding verses: purification and ascent to Brahmaloka.