Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

विष्णुलोकं हि गच्छंति पितरस्तत्कुलोद्भवाः । अनेकजन्मसाहस्रं पापं याति न संशयः

Transliteration

viṣṇulokaṃ hi gacchaṃti pitarastatkulodbhavāḥ | anekajanmasāhasraṃ pāpaṃ yāti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Sesungguhnya para Pitara—nenek moyang yang lahir daripada keturunan itu—menuju ke alam Viṣṇu; dan dosa yang terkumpul sepanjang ribuan kelahiran pun lenyap, tanpa syak.

Word by Word

• विष्णुलोकम्: to Vishnu’s world
• विष्णुलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः लोकम्)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• गच्छन्ति: go
• गच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• कुलोद्भवाः: born in that family/lineage
• कुलोद्भवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + उद् + भू (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (उद्भूत), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कुलात् उद्भवाः)

• अनेकजन्मसाहस्रम्: (of) many-thousand births
• अनेकजन्मसाहस्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अनेकानि जन्मानि—तस्य साहस्रम्)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• याति: goes away/perishes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—निषेध (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Sambandha (Idiomatic predicate/वाक्यांश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; वाक्ये—न संशयः (idiom: no doubt)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa/pilgrim audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ancestors ascending from the Gomati riverbank into a radiant Vaikuṇṭha-like realm: Vishnu’s world depicted as a luminous city of light; below, the river glows, and dark smoke-like ‘sins of thousands of births’ dissolve into the water’s radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇuloka
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma performed with tīrtha-support can liberate ancestors and erase deep karmic burdens spanning many lives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate context is Gomati-tīrtha in Dvārakā Māhātmya (though this verse states the fruit as Viṣṇuloka and sin-destruction).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified in this verse; it continues the promised results of the preceding Gomati-focused śrāddha/darśana context.