Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

इह लोके सुखं भुक्त्वा अन्ते विष्णुपदं व्रजेत् । प्रभासे ये नरा राम त्रिरात्रं ब्रह्मचारिणः

Transliteration

iha loke sukhaṃ bhuktvā ante viṣṇupadaṃ vrajet | prabhāse ye narā rāma trirātraṃ brahmacāriṇaḥ

Translation

Nachdem er in dieser Welt Glück genossen hat, gelangt er am Ende zur Wohnstatt Viṣṇus. O Rāma, jene Männer, die in Prabhāsa drei Nächte lang Brahmacarya wahren, erlangen diese Frucht.

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having enjoyed’

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक (at the end)

• विष्णुपदम्: Viṣṇu’s abode/state
• विष्णुपदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः पदम्)

• व्रजेत्: would go / may attain
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रभासे: at Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तीर्थ-नाम

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

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्रिरात्रम्: for three nights
• त्रिरात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + रात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष/द्विगु-प्राय (त्रीणि रात्राणि = three nights)

• ब्रह्मचारिणः: celibate observers (brahmacārins)
• ब्रह्मचारिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘ye narāḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणवत् (as predicate noun/adjective)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; vocative 'rāma' indicates an addressed listener within the frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal shrine landscape at Prabhāsa: pilgrims in white observe a three-night vow, sitting in meditation near the sea; the Somnātha-like temple silhouette and a distant vision of Viṣṇu’s abode indicate the promised end fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇupada
• Prabhāsa
• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint (brahmacarya) undertaken at a famed tīrtha transforms ordinary life’s welfare into a final ascent to Viṣṇu’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra), renowned in Purāṇic sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of brahmacarya (continence) for three nights (trirātra) at Prabhāsa.