Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

न मातुर्जठरे तेषां यातना जायते नृणाम् । सर्वान्कामानवाप्यांते वैष्णवं लोकमाप्नुयुः

Transliteration

na māturjaṭhare teṣāṃ yātanā jāyate nṛṇām | sarvānkāmānavāpyāṃte vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamāpnuyuḥ

Translation

Für jene Menschen entsteht kein Leid, nicht einmal im Schoß der Mutter. Nachdem sie alle Wünsche erlangt haben, erreichen sie die vaiṣṇavische Welt, das Reich Viṣṇus.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपातः (negation particle)

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• जठरे: in the womb/belly
• जठरे: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यातना: torment/suffering
• यातना: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• नृणाम्: of men/people
• नृणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘कामान्’)

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अवाप्य: having obtained
• अवाप्य: पूर्वकालक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having obtained’

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘अन्ते’ = ‘at the end’ (locative of time)

• वैष्णवम्: Vaishnava (of Vishnu)
• वैष्णवम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘लोकम्’)

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्नुयुः: would attain
• आप्नुयुः: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिङ् (Potential/Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene vision of devotees blessed by Govinda: a symbolic arc from pilgrimage worship to a radiant Vaiṣṇava realm, with protective grace removing suffering and granting boons.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vaiṣṇava-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā and dharmic observance remove deep suffering and culminate in the highest Vaiṣṇava attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Dvārakā Māhātmya, the praise pertains to Dvārakā-associated tīrthas (contextually including Gopikā-sara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse states the fruit (phala); the surrounding verses prescribe arghya, snāna, and related rites.