Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

भविष्यति च पाताले स्वर्गलोके यमक्षये । विख्यातान्यसुरश्रेष्ठ पि तॄणां तृप्तिहेतवे

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati ca pātāle svargaloke yamakṣaye | vikhyātānyasuraśreṣṭha pi tṝṇāṃ tṛptihetave

Translation

Wahai yang terbaik antara Asura, semuanya akan menjadi masyhur di Pātāla, di Svargaloka, dan juga di alam Yama—terkenal sebagai sebab kepuasan para leluhur (Pitṛ).

Word by Word

• भविष्यति: will be/shall occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• पाताले: in Pātāla (netherworld)
• पाताले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगभेद), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वर्गलोके: in heaven-world
• स्वर्गलोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यमक्षये: at the end of Yama / in Yama's realm-ending (contextual)
• यमक्षये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विख्यातानि: well-known/famed
• विख्यातानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ख्या)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• असुरश्रेष्ठ: O best of Asuras
• असुरश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

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

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• तृप्तिहेतवे: for the cause of satisfaction
• तृप्तिहेतवे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

Speaker

Viṣṇu (continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tīrtha-traya (three renowned tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Asura-śreṣṭha (best among Asuras)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tripartite cosmic tableau: Pātāla below, Svarga above, Yama’s realm to the side; in the center, three radiant tīrtha-emblems (river confluence/ghat/temple) sending streams of light to Pitṛs receiving offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Pātāla
• Svarga
• Yama
• pitṛ (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit connected to pitṛ-satisfaction is cosmic in reach—recognized across multiple realms, not merely on earth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers back to the previously praised tīrthas (Gayā/Prayāga/Dvārakā and allied spots) as being universally renowned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied pitṛ rites (piṇḍa/tarpaṇa) as the means to generate pitṛ-tṛpti.