Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

कृमिकीटपतंगाद्या जीवा उत्तम मध्यमाः । निर्द्धूतकल्मषाः सर्वे यांति लोकं ममापि ते

Transliteration

kṛmikīṭapataṃgādyā jīvā uttama madhyamāḥ | nirddhūtakalmaṣāḥ sarve yāṃti lokaṃ mamāpi te

Translation

Même les vers, les insectes, les papillons de nuit et autres—êtres élevés ou moyens—tous, leurs souillures de péché dissipées, vont en vérité vers Mon monde.

Word by Word

• kṛmi-kīṭa-pataṃga-ādyāḥ: worms, insects, moths and the like
• kṛmi-kīṭa-pataṃga-ādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛmi (प्रातिपदिक) + kīṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + pataṃga (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः (समाहार/सूची-आधारित; ‘कृमि-कीट-पतङ्ग-आदि’ = worms, insects, moths etc.)

• jīvāḥ: living beings
• jīvāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• uttamāḥ: excellent, highest
• uttamāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• madhyamāḥ: middling, intermediate
• madhyamāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• nirddhūta-kalmaṣāḥ: with sins shaken off, purified
• nirddhūta-kalmaṣāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir- (उपसर्ग) + dhū (धातु) + kta (कृत्) + kalmaṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘निर्द्धूत’ + ‘कल्मष’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘निर्द्धूतं कल्मषं येषाम्/येषां’)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• yānti: go, attain
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• lokam: world, realm
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle): ‘also/even’

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karṇikā (Prabhāsa inner precinct)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within the glowing Karṇikā, tiny creatures (worms, insects, moths) are shown gently ascending as purified lights toward Śiva’s realm; Śiva’s compassionate sovereignty pervades the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Śiva-loka (My world)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The power of the kṣetra is portrayed as radically compassionate: sanctity uplifts even the least beings beyond karmic limitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The inner sacred area previously described in Prabhāsa-kṣetra (notably the Karṇikā precinct) whose power grants passage to Śiva’s realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is specified; the verse states the फल (spiritual result): purification and attainment of Śiva’s world.