Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

इह लोके सुखं भुक्त्वा अन्ते विष्णुपदं व्रजेत् । प्रभासे ये नरा राम त्रिरात्रं ब्रह्मचारिणः

Transliteration

iha loke sukhaṃ bhuktvā ante viṣṇupadaṃ vrajet | prabhāse ye narā rāma trirātraṃ brahmacāriṇaḥ

Translation

Setelah menikmati kebahagiaan di dunia ini, pada akhirnya ia menuju pada kaki (pada) Viṣṇu. Wahai Rāma, mereka yang di Prabhāsa menjalankan brahmacarya selama tiga malam memperoleh buah ini.

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having enjoyed’

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक (at the end)

• विष्णुपदम्: Viṣṇu’s abode/state
• विष्णुपदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः पदम्)

• व्रजेत्: would go / may attain
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रभासे: at Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तीर्थ-नाम

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

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्रिरात्रम्: for three nights
• त्रिरात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + रात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष/द्विगु-प्राय (त्रीणि रात्राणि = three nights)

• ब्रह्मचारिणः: celibate observers (brahmacārins)
• ब्रह्मचारिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘ye narāḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणवत् (as predicate noun/adjective)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; vocative 'rāma' indicates an addressed listener within the frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal shrine landscape at Prabhāsa: pilgrims in white observe a three-night vow, sitting in meditation near the sea; the Somnātha-like temple silhouette and a distant vision of Viṣṇu’s abode indicate the promised end fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇupada
• Prabhāsa
• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint (brahmacarya) undertaken at a famed tīrtha transforms ordinary life’s welfare into a final ascent to Viṣṇu’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra), renowned in Purāṇic sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of brahmacarya (continence) for three nights (trirātra) at Prabhāsa.