Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तत्कुले नास्ति पापिष्ठो न च लोके यमस्य च । वायुलोकान्महीपाल न पुनर्विद्यते गतिः

Transliteration

tatkule nāsti pāpiṣṭho na ca loke yamasya ca | vāyulokānmahīpāla na punarvidyate gatiḥ

Translation

ସେହି କୁଳରେ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ପାପୀ କେହି ନଥାଏ, ନ ଯମଲୋକକୁ ଗମନ ହୁଏ। ହେ ମହୀପାଳ, ବାୟୁଲୋକରୁ ପୁନଃ ମର୍ତ୍ୟଜନ୍ମକୁ ଫେରା ଗତି ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• तत्कुले: in his family
• तत्कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्-कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य कुलम्)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध

• अस्ति: is; exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पापिष्ठः: most sinful
• पापिष्ठः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + इष्ठन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अतिशय (superlative)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: also
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय

• वायुलोकात्: from the world of Vayu
• वायुलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वायोः लोकः)

• महीपाल: O king (protector of earth)
• महीपाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही-पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महीम् पालयति)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• विद्यते: is found; exists
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु; आत्मनेपद ‘विद्यते’ = exists/is found)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• गतिः: return; going; rebirth-movement
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahīpāla/Rājendra (king, as addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage proclaims the fruit: a radiant upward path beyond Yama’s dark realm; a wind-swept luminous sphere (Vāyu-loka) appears as a threshold to non-return.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Vāyu
• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion generates protective merit for the entire lineage and leads toward higher, non-returning states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, within the Kṛṣṇa-centered Māhātmya describing exalted posthumous destinies.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is stated here; it summarizes the salvific fruit of the previously described services to Kṛṣṇa.