Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

भविष्यति च पाताले स्वर्गलोके यमक्षये । विख्यातान्यसुरश्रेष्ठ पि तॄणां तृप्तिहेतवे

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati ca pātāle svargaloke yamakṣaye | vikhyātānyasuraśreṣṭha pi tṝṇāṃ tṛptihetave

Translation

Sie werden berühmt werden in Pātāla, in Svarga und auch im Reich Yamas, o Bester der Asuras; gerühmt als Ursachen der Zufriedenheit der Ahnen (Pitṛs).

Word by Word

• भविष्यति: will be/shall occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• पाताले: in Pātāla (netherworld)
• पाताले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगभेद), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वर्गलोके: in heaven-world
• स्वर्गलोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यमक्षये: at the end of Yama / in Yama's realm-ending (contextual)
• यमक्षये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विख्यातानि: well-known/famed
• विख्यातानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ख्या)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• असुरश्रेष्ठ: O best of Asuras
• असुरश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि=also/even

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• तृप्तिहेतवे: for the cause of satisfaction
• तृप्तिहेतवे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

Speaker

Viṣṇu (continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tīrtha-traya (three renowned tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Asura-śreṣṭha (best among Asuras)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tripartite cosmic tableau: Pātāla below, Svarga above, Yama’s realm to the side; in the center, three radiant tīrtha-emblems (river confluence/ghat/temple) sending streams of light to Pitṛs receiving offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Pātāla
• Svarga
• Yama
• pitṛ (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit connected to pitṛ-satisfaction is cosmic in reach—recognized across multiple realms, not merely on earth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers back to the previously praised tīrthas (Gayā/Prayāga/Dvārakā and allied spots) as being universally renowned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied pitṛ rites (piṇḍa/tarpaṇa) as the means to generate pitṛ-tṛpti.