Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मृतानां यत्र जंतूनां श्वेतद्वीपे स्थितिः सदा

Transliteration

mṛtānāṃ yatra jaṃtūnāṃ śvetadvīpe sthitiḥ sadā

Translation

Dort gibt es für die verstorbenen Wesen stets einen sicheren Aufenthalt in Śvetadvīpa.

Word by Word

• mṛtānām: of the dead
• mṛtānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛ (मृ धातु) + mṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle used substantively), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• jantūnām: of creatures/beings
• jantūnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• śvetadvīpe: in Śvetadvīpa (the White Island)
• śvetadvīpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śveta-dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (śveta + dvīpa), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• sthitiḥ: abode/state
• sthitiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous white island (Śvetadvīpa) appears beyond a cosmic ocean; a departed soul, guided by a subtle Kṛṣṇa-light from Dvārakā, arrives peacefully.

Characters & Entities

• Śvetadvīpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with an exalted sacred field is portrayed as transforming even death into an onward journey toward a divine realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is Dvārakā Māhātmya; the verse highlights a post-mortem fruit linked to the Dvārakā sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this half-verse; it describes the spiritual result (a steady abode in Śvetadvīpa).