Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

येऽपि प्राप्ता महर्लोकं भृग्वाद्याश्च महर्षयः । तेऽपि नश्यन्ति शतशो ब्रह्मक्षत्त्रविशादयः

Transliteration

ye'pi prāptā maharlokaṃ bhṛgvādyāśca maharṣayaḥ | te'pi naśyanti śataśo brahmakṣattraviśādayaḥ

Translation

ভৃগু আদি মহর্ষি যিসকলে মহৰ্লোক লাভ কৰিছিল, তেওঁলোকো শতশতকৈ বিনষ্ট হ’ল; ব্ৰাহ্মণ, ক্ষত্ৰিয়, বৈশ্য আদি সকলেও নাশ পালে।

Word by Word

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

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), ‘also/even’

• prāptāḥ: having reached
• prāptāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘प्राप्त’ = having reached

• mahar: Mahar (name of a loka)
• mahar: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (stem) समासे

• lokam: the Maharloka
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: महर्लोकः (Mahar-loka)

• bhṛgu: Bhṛgu
• bhṛgu: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (stem) समासे

• ādyāḥ: beginning with Bhṛgu (and others)
• ādyāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; समासः: भृगु-आद्याः = Bhṛgu and others (तत्पुरुष/समाहारार्थ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• maharṣayaḥ: great sages
• maharṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः: महा + ऋषि = great sages

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), ‘also/even’

• naśyanti: perish
• naśyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• śataśaḥ: by hundreds
• śataśaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śataśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘by hundreds/in hundreds’

• brahma: Brahmins
• brahma: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक, समासे पूर्वपदत्वे

• kṣattraviśādayaḥ: Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas and others (the classes)
• kṣattraviśādayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣattra + viśa + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; समासः द्वन्द्वः (समाहार/इतरेतर): ब्रह्म + क्षत्त्र + विश् + आदयः = Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, etc.

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Great rishis like Bhṛgu and hosts of beings from all varṇas fall in vast numbers, suggesting a cosmic catastrophe where spiritual eminence and social order alike are swept away.

Characters & Entities

• Maharloka
• Bhṛgu
• Brāhmaṇas
• Kṣatriyas
• Vaiśyas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Status—cosmic or social—does not override time and dissolution; the enduring refuge is righteous conduct and devotion to the Supreme.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse is a universalizing statement within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal/narrative assertion rather than a ritual injunction.