Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

सतां समागमादेते समत्स्या मत्स्यजीविनः । त्रिविष्टपमनुप्राप्ता नराः पुण्यकृतो यथा

Transliteration

satāṃ samāgamādete samatsyā matsyajīvinaḥ | triviṣṭapamanuprāptā narāḥ puṇyakṛto yathā

Translation

സദ്ജനങ്ങളുടെ സമാഗമഫലമായി ഈ മത്സ്യജീവികൾ മത്സ്യങ്ങളോടുകൂടി ത്രിവിഷ്ടപം (സ്വർഗം) പ്രാപിച്ചു; പുണ്യകർമ്മം ചെയ്ത മനുഷ്യരെപ്പോലെ।

Word by Word

• सताम्: of the virtuous (good people)
• सताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• समागमात्: from association/meeting
• समागमात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक; सम्+आ+गम् धातु से भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• समत्स्याः: having/with fish (fish-associated)
• समत्स्याः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समत्स्य (प्रातिपदिक; सम+मत्स्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘एते/नराः’)

• मत्स्यजीविनः: fish-livers; those who live by fish
• मत्स्यजीविनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य-जीविन् (प्रातिपदिक; मत्स्य + जीविन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• त्रिविष्टपम्: heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अनुप्राप्ताः: having attained/reached
• अनुप्राप्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु+प्र+आप् (धातु) → अनुप्राप्त (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘प्राप्त’ = having reached

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

• पुण्यकृतः: doers of merit
• पुण्यकृतः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य-कृत् (प्रातिपदिक; पुण्य + कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘पुण्यं करोति’

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा/तुलना-वाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

Speaker

Nṛpati (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: fisherfolk and fish ascend toward a celestial city labeled Triviṣṭapa; below, sages stand as the causal presence, with the king pointing upward as he explains the principle.

Characters & Entities

• sat (virtuous persons)
• Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• matsyajīvinaḥ (fisherfolk)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sat-saṅga can bestow the same fruit as great merit—uplifting one’s destiny beyond social identity or profession.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where association with saints is depicted as granting swift heavenly attainment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit prescription: seek sat-saṅga (meeting with the virtuous) as a powerful spiritual practice at holy places.