Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

भुक्त्वा भोगान्पार्थिवांश्च परं निर्वाणमाप्नुयुः । श्राद्धकाले च संप्राप्ते ये पठंति द्विजातयः

Transliteration

bhuktvā bhogānpārthivāṃśca paraṃ nirvāṇamāpnuyuḥ | śrāddhakāle ca saṃprāpte ye paṭhaṃti dvijātayaḥ

Translation

Nachdem sie irdische Genüsse erfahren haben, erlangen sie das höchste Nirvāṇa. Und wenn die Zeit des Śrāddha gekommen ist, jene Zweimalgeborenen, die (dieses Māhātmya) rezitieren …

Word by Word

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘having enjoyed’

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

• पार्थिवान्: earthly/worldly
• पार्थिवान्: Karma (कर्म/Object-Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (भोगान्)

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

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma (कर्म/Object-Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (निर्वाणम्)

• निर्वाणम्: nirvāṇa, liberation
• निर्वाणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्नुयुः: may attain
• आप्नुयुः: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• श्राद्धकाले: at the time of śrāddha
• श्राद्धकाले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध-काल (प्रातिपदिक; श्राद्ध + काल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (श्राद्धस्य कालः)

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

• संप्राप्ते: when it has arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-Absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘when (it) has arrived’—सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute sense)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• पठन्ति: recite/read
• पठन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• द्विजातयः: twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• द्विजातयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि-जाति (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + जाति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (द्विर्जातयः—twice-born)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha setting: dvija reciters chant the māhātmya near a clean altar with piṇḍas, darbha, and water vessels; ancestors are symbolized as subtle luminous figures receiving offerings; the scene ends with a serene ascent toward nirvāṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Dvijātis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is honored—especially through śrāddha-linked recitation—worldly well-being culminates in the highest spiritual release.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya (context), whose māhātmya is implied as the subject of recitation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṭha (recitation) by dvijātis at śrāddha-kāla (the time of ancestral rites).