Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्रुद्रस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । सनत्कुमारोऽपि मुनिर्जगाम ब्रह्मणः पदम्

Transliteration

ityuktvā bhagavānrudrastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | sanatkumāro'pi munirjagāma brahmaṇaḥ padam

Translation

Nachdem der Erhabene Rudra so gesprochen hatte, verschwand er sogleich an eben jenem Ort. Auch der Weise Sanatkumāra ging zur Wohnstatt Brahmās.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle: ‘thus’)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having said’

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भगवान्’ इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (just/indeed)

• अन्तरधीयत: disappeared
• अन्तरधीयत: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘disappeared/withdrew’

• सनत्कुमारः: Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (proper name)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सनत्कुमारः’ इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘went’

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘of Brahmā/Brahman’ (context: Brahmā)

• पदम्: abode, station
• पदम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, likely Sūta continuing the narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmaloka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra, after delivering the secret teaching, dissolves into light on the spot; Sanatkumāra rises and journeys upward toward Brahmaloka—depicted as a radiant lotus-like city in the heavens.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Sanatkumāra
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine instruction concludes with withdrawal; sages carry the teaching onward within the cosmic hierarchy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha; Brahmā’s abode (Brahmaloka) is referenced as a cosmic destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it narrates the end of the teaching and the departure of the speakers.