Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

विष्णोर्लोके च रमते यावद्ब्रह्मशतत्रयम्

Transliteration

viṣṇorloke ca ramate yāvadbrahmaśatatrayam

Translation

Er weilt voll Freude in Viṣṇus Welt, solange dreihundert Brahmā-Jahre währen.

Word by Word

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of Viṣṇu’

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

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• रमते: delights
• रमते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘rejoices/delights’

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधिबोधक-अव्यय (limit/extent marker: ‘as long as/until’)

• ब्रह्मशतत्रयम्: three hundred (units) of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मशतत्रयम्: Karmapravachaniya/Avadhi-artha (Extent object/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘ब्रह्मणः शतानां त्रयम्’ (three hundreds of Brahmā-years/units)

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva) (contextual, continuing instruction on Tripuṇḍra)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sanatkumāra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous devotee, bearing sacred ash marks, is welcomed into Viṣṇuloka—radiant Vaikuṇṭha-like realm with Vishnu enthroned, conch and discus, celestial attendants, and vast cosmic time suggested by revolving kalpa-wheels.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional observance yields exalted post-mortem states; merit is described in measurable cosmic durations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the focus is on loka-phala (attainment of divine realms) through Tripuṇḍra-related merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the Tripuṇḍra/bhasma observance whose fruit is residence in Viṣṇu’s realm.