Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

कृमिकीटपतंगाद्या जीवा उत्तम मध्यमाः । निर्द्धूतकल्मषाः सर्वे यांति लोकं ममापि ते

Transliteration

kṛmikīṭapataṃgādyā jīvā uttama madhyamāḥ | nirddhūtakalmaṣāḥ sarve yāṃti lokaṃ mamāpi te

Translation

କୃମି, କୀଟ, ପତଙ୍ଗ ଆଦି ଜୀବ—ଉତ୍ତମ କିମ୍ବା ମଧ୍ୟମ—ସମସ୍ତେ କଲ୍ମଷ ଝାଡ଼ି ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ମୋର ଲୋକକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• kṛmi-kīṭa-pataṃga-ādyāḥ: worms, insects, moths and the like
• kṛmi-kīṭa-pataṃga-ādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛmi (प्रातिपदिक) + kīṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + pataṃga (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः (समाहार/सूची-आधारित; ‘कृमि-कीट-पतङ्ग-आदि’ = worms, insects, moths etc.)

• jīvāḥ: living beings
• jīvāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• uttamāḥ: excellent, highest
• uttamāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• madhyamāḥ: middling, intermediate
• madhyamāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• nirddhūta-kalmaṣāḥ: with sins shaken off, purified
• nirddhūta-kalmaṣāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir- (उपसर्ग) + dhū (धातु) + kta (कृत्) + kalmaṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘निर्द्धूत’ + ‘कल्मष’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘निर्द्धूतं कल्मषं येषाम्/येषां’)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• yānti: go, attain
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• lokam: world, realm
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle): ‘also/even’

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karṇikā (Prabhāsa inner precinct)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within the glowing Karṇikā, tiny creatures (worms, insects, moths) are shown gently ascending as purified lights toward Śiva’s realm; Śiva’s compassionate sovereignty pervades the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Śiva-loka (My world)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The power of the kṣetra is portrayed as radically compassionate: sanctity uplifts even the least beings beyond karmic limitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The inner sacred area previously described in Prabhāsa-kṣetra (notably the Karṇikā precinct) whose power grants passage to Śiva’s realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is specified; the verse states the फल (spiritual result): purification and attainment of Śiva’s world.