Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

भुक्त्वा भोगान्सुविपुलान्प्रजेशानां पुरेषु च । ब्रह्मणः पदमासाद्य तत्र कल्पशतं रमेत्

Transliteration

bhuktvā bhogānsuvipulānprajeśānāṃ pureṣu ca | brahmaṇaḥ padamāsādya tatra kalpaśataṃ ramet

Translation

Après avoir goûté d’immenses délices dans les cités des Prajeśas, il atteint le séjour de Brahmā et s’y réjouit durant cent kalpas.

Word by Word

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• सुविपुलान्: very abundant
• सुविपुलान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; qualifies भोगान्

• प्रजेशानाम्: of the lords of creatures (Prajāpatis)
• प्रजेशानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘प्रजानाम् ईशाः’); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• पुरेषु: in the cities
• पुरेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• पदम्: abode / state
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √सद् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• कल्पशतम्: a hundred kalpas
• कल्पशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numerical compound); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; duration-object

• रमेत्: would delight / enjoy
• रमेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahma-loka (Satya-loka)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand cosmic city of the Prajēśas with jeweled halls and gardens transitions to Brahma-loka: Brahmā seated on a lotus, vast golden radiance, the devotee arriving in reverence; time is suggested by concentric kalpa-wheels or flowing cosmic rivers.

Characters & Entities

• Prajeśa
• Brahmā
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma portrays spiritual discipline as yielding both refined enjoyments and exalted post-mortem stations like Brahmaloka.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is mentioned; the verse highlights celestial realms and Brahmā’s abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription appears; it concludes a phalaśruti sequence tied to Tripuṇḍra/Rudrākṣa-centered Shaiva observance.