Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

एकविंशत्कुलै र्युक्तः सर्वपापविवर्जितः । ब्रह्मलोकं स वै याति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

ekaviṃśatkulai ryuktaḥ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ | brahmalokaṃ sa vai yāti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

Avec vingt et une générations de sa lignée, exempt de tout péché, il va assurément à Brahmaloka; ici, nul besoin d’hésitation.

Word by Word

• एकविंशत्कुलैः: with twenty-one lineages
• एकविंशत्कुलैः: Karana (Instrument/association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकविंशति + कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘एकविंशतिकुलैः’ (२१ कुलैः)

• युक्तः: endowed; joined
• युक्तः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वपापविवर्जितः: free from all sins
• सर्वपापविवर्जितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सर्वैः पापैः विवर्जितः’

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: to Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Gati-Karma (Destination object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• याति: goes; attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• कार्या: to be done; necessary
• कार्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘विचारणा’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• विचारणा: consideration; deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (result-statement)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau: the pilgrim’s lineage—ancestors and descendants—stand in a luminous chain, their sins washed away, as a radiant path rises toward Brahmaloka with Brahmā’s golden realm in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based devotion and dharmic acts can purify not only the individual but also uplift one’s lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the context of Brahmeśvara/Brahmakuṇḍa-related merits described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the fruit (phala) of the prescribed worship/observance described in the surrounding verses: purification and ascent to Brahmaloka.