Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तत्कुले नास्ति पापिष्ठो न च लोके यमस्य च । वायुलोकान्महीपाल न पुनर्विद्यते गतिः

Transliteration

tatkule nāsti pāpiṣṭho na ca loke yamasya ca | vāyulokānmahīpāla na punarvidyate gatiḥ

Translation

Oh rey, en esa familia no hay quien sea el más pecador, ni nadie va al reino de Yama. Desde el mundo de Vāyu no existe retorno a un nuevo nacimiento mortal.

Word by Word

• तत्कुले: in his family
• तत्कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्-कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य कुलम्)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध

• अस्ति: is; exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पापिष्ठः: most sinful
• पापिष्ठः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + इष्ठन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अतिशय (superlative)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: also
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय

• वायुलोकात्: from the world of Vayu
• वायुलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वायोः लोकः)

• महीपाल: O king (protector of earth)
• महीपाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही-पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महीम् पालयति)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• विद्यते: is found; exists
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु; आत्मनेपद ‘विद्यते’ = exists/is found)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• गतिः: return; going; rebirth-movement
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahīpāla/Rājendra (king, as addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage proclaims the fruit: a radiant upward path beyond Yama’s dark realm; a wind-swept luminous sphere (Vāyu-loka) appears as a threshold to non-return.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Vāyu
• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion generates protective merit for the entire lineage and leads toward higher, non-returning states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, within the Kṛṣṇa-centered Māhātmya describing exalted posthumous destinies.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is stated here; it summarizes the salvific fruit of the previously described services to Kṛṣṇa.