Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

न मातुर्जठरे तेषां यातना जायते नृणाम् । सर्वान्कामानवाप्यांते वैष्णवं लोकमाप्नुयुः

Transliteration

na māturjaṭhare teṣāṃ yātanā jāyate nṛṇām | sarvānkāmānavāpyāṃte vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamāpnuyuḥ

Translation

അവർക്കു മാതാവിന്റെ ഗർഭത്തിലുപോലും യാതന ഉണ്ടാകുന്നില്ല. എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളും ലഭിച്ച് അവർ വൈഷ്ണവ ലോകം—വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ ധാമം—പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपातः (negation particle)

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• जठरे: in the womb/belly
• जठरे: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यातना: torment/suffering
• यातना: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• नृणाम्: of men/people
• नृणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘कामान्’)

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अवाप्य: having obtained
• अवाप्य: पूर्वकालक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having obtained’

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘अन्ते’ = ‘at the end’ (locative of time)

• वैष्णवम्: Vaishnava (of Vishnu)
• वैष्णवम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘लोकम्’)

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्नुयुः: would attain
• आप्नुयुः: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिङ् (Potential/Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene vision of devotees blessed by Govinda: a symbolic arc from pilgrimage worship to a radiant Vaiṣṇava realm, with protective grace removing suffering and granting boons.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vaiṣṇava-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā and dharmic observance remove deep suffering and culminate in the highest Vaiṣṇava attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Dvārakā Māhātmya, the praise pertains to Dvārakā-associated tīrthas (contextually including Gopikā-sara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse states the fruit (phala); the surrounding verses prescribe arghya, snāna, and related rites.