Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

मत्प्रसादाद्देवगणैः सेवितं च भविष्यति । भृगुक्षेत्रे मृता ये तु कृमिकीटपतंगकाः

Transliteration

matprasādāddevagaṇaiḥ sevitaṃ ca bhaviṣyati | bhṛgukṣetre mṛtā ye tu kṛmikīṭapataṃgakāḥ

Translation

Par Ma grâce, il sera aussi fréquenté et honoré par des multitudes de dieux. Et quant à ces vers, insectes et créatures ailées qui meurent en Bhṛgukṣetra…

Word by Word

• मत्प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘मम प्रसादः’), अपादान-भावे

• देवगणैः: by the hosts of gods
• देवगणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘देवानां गणाः’)

• सेवितम्: served/attended
• सेवितम्: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेव् (धातु) + सेवित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘स्थानम्/इदम्’ इत्यस्य विधेय-विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भृगुक्षेत्रे: in Bhṛgu’s sacred field
• भृगुक्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘भृगोः क्षेत्रम्’)

• मृताः: dead; who died
• मृताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) + मृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘ये’ इति विशेषण

• ये: who/those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधबोधक निपात

• कृमिकीटपतंगकाः: worms, insects, and moths/flies
• कृमिकीटपतंगकाः: Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि + कीट + पतंगक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (कृमयः च कीटाः च पतंगकाः च)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgukṣetra (as kṣetra); Koṭitīrtha implied

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhṛgu / addressed brāhmaṇa interlocutor (viprendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gods descend to serve the tīrtha; the landscape teems with life—tiny insects and birds—implying that even their death here is sanctified.

Characters & Entities

• Devagaṇa
• Bhṛgukṣetra
• Koṭitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holiness of a kṣetra is so potent that even non-human beings gain auspicious destiny through mere death within its bounds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhṛgukṣetra, alongside the Koṭitīrtha locale, presented as a god-served sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it states divine visitation and introduces the fruit for beings dying in the kṣetra.