Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

व्यवहारे ततो नष्टे यमलोकसमुद्भवे । स्वर्गेण तुल्यतां प्राप्ते प्राणिभिर्मृत्युवर्जितैः

Transliteration

vyavahāre tato naṣṭe yamalokasamudbhave | svargeṇa tulyatāṃ prāpte prāṇibhirmṛtyuvarjitaiḥ

Translation

Als die aus Yamas Reich hervorgegangene Ordnung von Urteil und Strafe verschwand, wurde die Welt dem Himmel gleich; die Wesen waren frei vom Tod.

Word by Word

• vyavahāre: in (the) judicial order/transaction; in proper conduct
• vyavahāre: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyavahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb) — ‘thereupon/then’

• naṣṭe: when (it was) destroyed/lost
• naṣṭe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naṣṭa (कृदन्त; √naś (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे (past passive participle)

• yamaloka-samudbhave: arising from Yama’s world
• yamaloka-samudbhave: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yamaloka (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थः) ‘यमलोकात् समुद्भवः’; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• svargeṇa: with heaven; by (comparison to) heaven
• svargeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tulyatām: equality; sameness
• tulyatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tulyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• prāpte: when (it was) attained/obtained
• prāpte: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpta (कृदन्त; √āp (धातु) + प्र + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• prāṇibhiḥ: by living beings
• prāṇibhiḥ: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• mṛtyu-varjitaiḥ: devoid of death; deathless
• mṛtyu-varjitaiḥ: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (कृदन्त; √vṛj/√varj (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्वितीया-तत्पुरुष: ‘मृत्युम् वर्जितः’); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A transformed earth resembling heaven: beings radiant and deathless, Yama’s court empty, the instruments of judgment fallen silent; a luminous kshetra at the center emanating protective śakti.

Characters & Entities

• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When sin is absent, punitive governance loses its function; dharma makes life ‘heaven-like’ in quality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 95); this verse alone does not identify the site by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription appears; it describes the systemic result of tīrtha-influenced purity and dharma.