Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

सैव कैलासपदवीं वैकुण्ठब्र ह्मलोकयोः । मार्गः स्वर्गस्य लोकस्य नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

saiva kailāsapadavīṃ vaikuṇṭhabra hmalokayoḥ | mārgaḥ svargasya lokasya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

Eben dieses Zeichen ist der Pfad nach Kailāsa, nach Vaikuṇṭha und Brahmaloka; es ist die Straße zu den himmlischen Welten—hier ist kein Zweifel angebracht.

Word by Word

• sā: that (she/it)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• eva: indeed; only
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात — emphatic particle

• kailāsapadavīm: the path/track to Kailāsa
• kailāsapadavīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + padavī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कैलासस्य पदवी)

• vaikuṇṭhabrahmalokayoḥ: of Vaikuṇṭha and Brahmaloka
• vaikuṇṭhabrahmalokayoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaikuṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + brahmaloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (वैकुण्ठश्च ब्रह्मलोकश्च)

• mārgaḥ: (is) the path
• mārgaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• svargasya: of heaven
• svargasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• lokasya: of the world
• lokasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय — negation particle

• atra: here; in this matter
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय — adverb of place

• kāryā: to be done; necessary
• kāryā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + yat (यत्) / kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘to be done’ — agrees with vicāraṇā

• vicāraṇā: consideration; deliberation
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Setukhaṇḍa narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuskoṭi rekhā (Setu-mārga)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single luminous line on the shore rises like a subtle stairway into the sky, branching into three radiant routes labeled by iconography: Kailāsa (snow peak, trident), Vaikuṇṭha (Vishnu with conch/discus), Brahmaloka (Brahmā on lotus), with svarga as a starry expanse.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Vaikuṇṭha
• Brahmaloka
• Svarga
• Dhanuskoṭi (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is portrayed as a spiritual ‘gateway’—a direct route to exalted realms and ultimate ascent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu/Dhanuskoṭi sacred mark (implied from the continuity of the passage).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is prescribed; it proclaims the transcendent fruit (loka-prāpti).