Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

इत्याभाष्य यमं शंभोर्दूतास्तं ब्राह्मणं ततः । पश्यतां सर्वलोकानां निन्युर्लोकमनामयम्

Transliteration

ityābhāṣya yamaṃ śaṃbhordūtāstaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ tataḥ | paśyatāṃ sarvalokānāṃ ninyurlokamanāmayam

Translation

Après avoir ainsi parlé à Yama, les messagers de Śambhu emmenèrent ce brāhmane —sous les yeux de tous les êtres— vers un monde sans chagrin ni souffrance.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यर्थ-निपात) — quotative 'thus'

• ābhāṣya: having spoken
• ābhāṣya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — 'having spoken/addressed'

• yamam: Yama
• yamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — 'Yama' (acc. sg.)

• śaṃbhoḥ: of Śambhu
• śaṃbhoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — 'of Śambhu (Śiva)'

• dūtāḥ: messengers
• dūtāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — 'messengers'

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — 'him/that (man)'

• brāhmaṇam: the brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — 'the brāhmaṇa'

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence marker/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रम/अपादानार्थे) — 'then/thereupon'

• paśyatām: while (they) were watching
• paśyatām: Sambandha (Genitive absolute/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — 'of (those) seeing' (gen. pl. pres. part.)

• sarvalokānām: of all the worlds
• sarvalokānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + loka (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (sarve lokāḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — 'of all the worlds/people'

• ninyuḥ: they led
• ninyuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√nī (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन — 'they led/took away'

• lokam: to the world
• lokam: Karma (Goal as object/गन्तव्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — 'to the world/realm'

• anāmayam: free from affliction
• anāmayam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-ā-maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — adjective 'free from disease/affliction' qualifying lokam

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Anāmaya-loka (sorrowless realm)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In Yama’s court, Śiva’s dūtas escort the brāhmaṇa away as all beings watch; the path opens into a luminous, disease-free realm.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Śivadūta
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional protection is depicted as tangible: Śiva’s messengers can remove a soul from Yama’s claim and lead it to a higher, painless state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; the focus is on the fruit of Śaiva grace (anāmaya-loka).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription is stated here; it narrates the result—being led to a sorrowless realm.