Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ऐहिकामुष्मिकफलप्राप्तिकामैश्च मानवैः । देवतीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं संक्षिप्य कथितं द्विजाः

Transliteration

aihikāmuṣmikaphalaprāptikāmaiśca mānavaiḥ | devatīrthasya māhātmyaṃ saṃkṣipya kathitaṃ dvijāḥ

Translation

Wahai para dvija (brāhmaṇa), bagi manusia yang menginginkan hasil di dunia ini dan di alam kemudian, kemuliaan Devatīrtha telah disampaikan di sini secara ringkas.

Word by Word

• ऐहिकामुष्मिकफलप्राप्तिकामैः: by people desiring attainment of worldly and otherworldly results
• ऐहिकामुष्मिकफलप्राप्तिकामैः: Karta (Agent: by)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐहिक-अमुष्मिक-फल-प्राप्ति-काम (प्रातिपदिक; ऐहिक + अमुष्मिक + फल + प्राप्ति + काम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; हेतु/सह (by/with those desiring attainment of worldly and otherworldly fruits)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• मानवैः: by men / humans
• मानवैः: Karta (Agent: by)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• देवतीर्थस्य: of Devatīrtha
• देवतीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; देव + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness
• माहात्म्यम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object)

• संक्षिप्य: having summarized
• संक्षिप्य: Kriyā (पूर्वकर्म/absolutive modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (absolutive), ‘having summarized/briefly’

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि (has been told)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Vocative/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधन (address)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devatīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas/brāhmaṇas (explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses seated brāhmaṇas, gesturing toward a stylized map-like coastline of Setu; a scroll shows the words ‘aihika’ and ‘āmuṣmika’ as two paths converging at Devatīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Devatīrtha
• Dvijas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha-glorification teaches that dharmic pilgrimage can yield both temporal well-being and transcendent benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the verse frames the preceding teaching as a concise māhātmya intended for seekers of both worldly and otherworldly fruits.