Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ऐहिकामुष्मिकफलप्राप्तिकामैश्च मानवैः । देवतीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं संक्षिप्य कथितं द्विजाः

Transliteration

aihikāmuṣmikaphalaprāptikāmaiśca mānavaiḥ | devatīrthasya māhātmyaṃ saṃkṣipya kathitaṃ dvijāḥ

Translation

O Brāhmaṇas, für Menschen, die die Früchte dieser Welt und der jenseitigen begehren, ist die Größe von Devatīrtha hier kurz dargelegt worden.

Word by Word

• ऐहिकामुष्मिकफलप्राप्तिकामैः: by people desiring attainment of worldly and otherworldly results
• ऐहिकामुष्मिकफलप्राप्तिकामैः: Karta (Agent: by)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐहिक-अमुष्मिक-फल-प्राप्ति-काम (प्रातिपदिक; ऐहिक + अमुष्मिक + फल + प्राप्ति + काम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; हेतु/सह (by/with those desiring attainment of worldly and otherworldly fruits)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• मानवैः: by men / humans
• मानवैः: Karta (Agent: by)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• देवतीर्थस्य: of Devatīrtha
• देवतीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; देव + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness
• माहात्म्यम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object)

• संक्षिप्य: having summarized
• संक्षिप्य: Kriyā (पूर्वकर्म/absolutive modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (absolutive), ‘having summarized/briefly’

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि (has been told)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Vocative/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधन (address)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devatīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas/brāhmaṇas (explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses seated brāhmaṇas, gesturing toward a stylized map-like coastline of Setu; a scroll shows the words ‘aihika’ and ‘āmuṣmika’ as two paths converging at Devatīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Devatīrtha
• Dvijas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha-glorification teaches that dharmic pilgrimage can yield both temporal well-being and transcendent benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the verse frames the preceding teaching as a concise māhātmya intended for seekers of both worldly and otherworldly fruits.