Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मलोकं परित्यज्य चतुर्वक्त्रः सनातनः । अत्रैव रमते नित्यं देवैः सह पितामहः

Transliteration

brahmalokaṃ parityajya caturvaktraḥ sanātanaḥ | atraiva ramate nityaṃ devaiḥ saha pitāmahaḥ

Translation

ବ୍ରହ୍ମଲୋକକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ପରିତ୍ୟାଗ କରି, ସନାତନ ଚତୁର୍ମୁଖ ପିତାମହ ବ୍ରହ୍ମା ଦେବମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ଏଠାରେ ନିତ୍ୟ ରମଣ କରନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Brahma-world
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक) = ब्रह्मन् + लोक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः लोकः)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having abandoned’

• चतुर्वक्त्रः: the four-faced one (Brahmā)
• चतुर्वक्त्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) = चतुर् + वक्त्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (चत्वारि वक्त्राणि यस्य)

• सनातनः: eternal
• सनातनः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चतुर्वक्त्रस्य)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• रमते: delights/dwells happily
• रमते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (adverbial accusative)

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Association-marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (preposition-like particle governing instrumental)

• पितामहः: the Grandfather (Brahmā)
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, four-faced, descends from a radiant Brahmaloka backdrop and sits joyfully in Ayodhyā among assembled devas, indicating the city’s surpassing charm.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Deva
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holiness of a tīrtha can surpass even celestial realms; divine beings themselves are drawn to its sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā/Svargadvāra region, described as so sacred that Brahmā and the gods delight there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a mahātmya-assertion meant to inspire pilgrimage and worship.