Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

इत्याभाष्य यमं शंभोर्दूतास्तं ब्राह्मणं ततः । पश्यतां सर्वलोकानां निन्युर्लोकमनामयम्

Transliteration

ityābhāṣya yamaṃ śaṃbhordūtāstaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ tataḥ | paśyatāṃ sarvalokānāṃ ninyurlokamanāmayam

Translation

Nachdem sie so zu Yama gesprochen hatten, führten Śambhus Boten jenen Brāhmaṇa —vor den Augen aller Wesen— in eine Welt ohne Kummer und Leid.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यर्थ-निपात) — quotative 'thus'

• ābhāṣya: having spoken
• ābhāṣya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — 'having spoken/addressed'

• yamam: Yama
• yamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — 'Yama' (acc. sg.)

• śaṃbhoḥ: of Śambhu
• śaṃbhoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — 'of Śambhu (Śiva)'

• dūtāḥ: messengers
• dūtāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — 'messengers'

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — 'him/that (man)'

• brāhmaṇam: the brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — 'the brāhmaṇa'

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence marker/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रम/अपादानार्थे) — 'then/thereupon'

• paśyatām: while (they) were watching
• paśyatām: Sambandha (Genitive absolute/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — 'of (those) seeing' (gen. pl. pres. part.)

• sarvalokānām: of all the worlds
• sarvalokānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + loka (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (sarve lokāḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — 'of all the worlds/people'

• ninyuḥ: they led
• ninyuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√nī (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन — 'they led/took away'

• lokam: to the world
• lokam: Karma (Goal as object/गन्तव्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — 'to the world/realm'

• anāmayam: free from affliction
• anāmayam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-ā-maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — adjective 'free from disease/affliction' qualifying lokam

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Anāmaya-loka (sorrowless realm)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In Yama’s court, Śiva’s dūtas escort the brāhmaṇa away as all beings watch; the path opens into a luminous, disease-free realm.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Śivadūta
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional protection is depicted as tangible: Śiva’s messengers can remove a soul from Yama’s claim and lead it to a higher, painless state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; the focus is on the fruit of Śaiva grace (anāmaya-loka).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription is stated here; it narrates the result—being led to a sorrowless realm.