Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

शरीरं दह्यते यस्य तुलसीकाष्ठवह्निना । नीयमानो यमेनापि विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

śarīraṃ dahyate yasya tulasīkāṣṭhavahninā | nīyamāno yamenāpi viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

ຜູ້ໃດທີ່ຮ່າງກາຍຖືກເຜົາດ້ວຍໄຟຈາກໄມ້ຕຸລະສີ ແມ່ນແຕ່ຖືກພຣະຍົມນຳພາ ກໍຈະໄປສູ່ໂລກຂອງພຣະວິສນຸ.

Word by Word

• शरीरम्: the body
• शरीरम्: Karta (Subject of passive/कर्म-कर्तृभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दह्यते: is burned
• दह्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तुलसीकाष्ठवह्निना: by the fire of tulasī-wood
• तुलसीकाष्ठवह्निना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी-काष्ठ-वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (instrument); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tulasī-kāṣṭhasya vahniḥ)

• नीयमानः: being led
• नीयमानः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √नी (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present passive participle) √नी; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'sa')

• यमेन: by Yama
• यमेन: Karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even/also)

• विष्णुलोकम्: Viṣṇu's world
• विष्णुलोकम्: Karma (Goal/object of motion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः लोकः)

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

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive: narrative voice of the Dvārakā Māhātmya (commonly Sūta relating the māhātmya to sages)

Characters & Entities

• Tulasī
• Yama
• Viṣṇuloka
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with tulasī—dear to Viṣṇu—is depicted as spiritually transformative even at death, redirecting destiny toward Viṣṇu’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Dvārakā Māhātmya, linking end-of-life rites and Vaiṣṇava sanctity to Dvārakā’s devotional worldview.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cremation using tulasī-wood fire (tulasī-kāṣṭha-vahni) is praised as exceptionally auspicious.