Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

भुक्त्वा भोगा न्यथाकामं विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति । अपुत्रा काकवंध्या च मृतवत्सा मृतप्रजा

Transliteration

bhuktvā bhogā nyathākāmaṃ viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati | aputrā kākavaṃdhyā ca mṛtavatsā mṛtaprajā

Translation

ഇഷ്ടാനുസരണം ഭോഗങ്ങൾ അനുഭവിച്ച് അവൻ വിഷ്ണുലോകത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു. അപുത്ര, കാകവന്ധ്യ, മൃതവത്സ, മൃതപ്രജയായ സ്ത്രീക്കും ഈ വിധി ദുഃഖദോഷനാശിനിയായി ഉപദേശിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); (having enjoyed/eaten)

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यथाकामम्: as desired
• यथाकामम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial)

• विष्णुलोकम्: Viṣṇu's world
• विष्णुलोकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः लोकः)

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

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अपुत्रा: sonless (woman)
• अपुत्रा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-समासान्त विशेषण (without a son)

• काकवन्ध्या: a barren woman (lit. 'crow-barren')
• काकवन्ध्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काक (प्रातिपदिक) + वन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (काकीव वन्ध्या)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connective/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• मृतवत्सा: whose child has died
• मृतवत्सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (प्रातिपदिक) + वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (मृतः वत्सः यस्याः सा)

• मृतप्रजा: whose offspring have died
• मृतप्रजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (मृता प्रजा यस्याः सा)

Speaker

Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely continuing the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devasaras

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee receives blessings: prosperity symbols (full pots, fruits) and a visionary glimpse of Viṣṇu-loka; nearby, women pray at the tīrtha with lamps and offerings, seeking relief from childlessness and loss.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇuloka
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā is portrayed as granting both worldly fulfillment and higher-world destiny, while also addressing deep life-sorrows like childlessness and loss.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Dharmāraṇya Devasaras/Mukteśvara sacred complex described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse mainly states results (phala); the implied rite is the Devasaras snāna and associated worship described in the surrounding verses.