Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

भुक्त्वा भोगान्सुविपुलान्प्रजेशानां पुरेषु च । ब्रह्मणः पदमासाद्य तत्र कल्पशतं रमेत्

Transliteration

bhuktvā bhogānsuvipulānprajeśānāṃ pureṣu ca | brahmaṇaḥ padamāsādya tatra kalpaśataṃ ramet

Translation

প্ৰজেশসকলৰ নগৰসমূহত অতি বিপুল ভোগ উপভোগ কৰি, সি ব্ৰহ্মাৰ পদ লাভ কৰে আৰু তাত শত কল্প পৰ্যন্ত আনন্দেৰে ৰমণ কৰে।

Word by Word

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• सुविपुलान्: very abundant
• सुविपुलान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; qualifies भोगान्

• प्रजेशानाम्: of the lords of creatures (Prajāpatis)
• प्रजेशानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘प्रजानाम् ईशाः’); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• पुरेषु: in the cities
• पुरेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• पदम्: abode / state
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √सद् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• कल्पशतम्: a hundred kalpas
• कल्पशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numerical compound); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; duration-object

• रमेत्: would delight / enjoy
• रमेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahma-loka (Satya-loka)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand cosmic city of the Prajēśas with jeweled halls and gardens transitions to Brahma-loka: Brahmā seated on a lotus, vast golden radiance, the devotee arriving in reverence; time is suggested by concentric kalpa-wheels or flowing cosmic rivers.

Characters & Entities

• Prajeśa
• Brahmā
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma portrays spiritual discipline as yielding both refined enjoyments and exalted post-mortem stations like Brahmaloka.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is mentioned; the verse highlights celestial realms and Brahmā’s abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription appears; it concludes a phalaśruti sequence tied to Tripuṇḍra/Rudrākṣa-centered Shaiva observance.