Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 128

Devanagari script

अविच्छिन्नं तथा सौख्यं गृहं वै पुत्रपौत्रिकम् । भुक्त्वाऽसौ सुचिरं कालं ततो मोक्षं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

avicchinnaṃ tathā saukhyaṃ gṛhaṃ vai putrapautrikam | bhuktvā'sau suciraṃ kālaṃ tato mokṣaṃ gamiṣyati

Translation

Ebenso wird es ununterbrochenes Glück geben und ein Haus, gesegnet mit Söhnen und Enkeln. Nachdem er dies sehr lange genossen hat, wird er schließlich Mokṣa, die Befreiung, erlangen.

Word by Word

• अविच्छिन्नम्: unbroken, uninterrupted
• अविच्छिन्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविच्छिन्न (कृदन्त; छिद् धातोः क्त, उपसर्ग वि; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective) of सौख्यम्

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/also’)

• सौख्यम्: happiness
• सौख्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• गृहम्: house, home
• गृहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पुत्र-पौत्रिकम्: (a home) with sons and grandsons
• पुत्र-पौत्रिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र + पौत्रिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of गृहम्; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective): पुत्रैः पौत्रैश्च सम्बन्धि

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having enjoyed’

• असौ: he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); निर्देशार्थ (demonstrative)

• सुचिरम्: for a very long (time)
• सुचिरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); काल-विशेषण (adverbial accusative) of कालम्

• कालम्: time, period
• कालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); काल-परिमाण (extent of time)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक/क्रमार्थक अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘then/from that’)

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• गमिष्यति: will attain/go to
• गमिष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

Speaker

Gāyatrī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim household at Prabhāsa: elders, sons and grandsons gathered after tīrtha-snān; in the background the Somnātha shrine and the sea; a subtle upward motif indicating eventual liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Mokṣa
• Householder devotee (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma harmonizes worldly welfare with the final aim—prosperity is not the end, but a stage culminating in mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya these fruits are proclaimed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified here; it continues the stated fruits of devotional worship in the tīrtha-context.