Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

न प्रभासे मृतः कश्चिन्नरकं याति किल्बिषी । यावज्जीवं नरो यस्तु वसते कृतनिश्चयः

Transliteration

na prabhāse mṛtaḥ kaścinnarakaṃ yāti kilbiṣī | yāvajjīvaṃ naro yastu vasate kṛtaniścayaḥ

Translation

Nenhum pecador que morra em Prabhāsa vai ao inferno. E o homem que ali habita por toda a vida, com firme resolução nesse voto sagrado…

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Sentence particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• prabhāse: in Prabhāsa
• prabhāse: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• mṛtaḥ: dead, having died
• mṛtaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त) → mṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying an implied ‘naraḥ’)

• kaścit: anyone
• kaścit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)

• narakam: hell
• narakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• yāti: goes
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• kilbiṣī: a sinner
• kilbiṣī: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kilbiṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘पापी’ इत्यर्थे (one possessing sin)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Temporal marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: कालपरिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (temporal limit: ‘as long as’)

• jīvam: for (one’s) lifetime
• jīvam: Adhikarana (Temporal extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावे ‘यावज्जीवम्’ = जीवनपर्यन्तम् (accusative of extent)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• tu: indeed, however
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोध/विशेषार्थक (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• vasate: dwells, resides
• vasate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• kṛta-niścayaḥ: of firm resolve
• kṛta-niścayaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; kṛ धातु + क्त) + niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कृतः निश्चयः यस्य/कृतनिश्चयः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying naraḥ)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate cosmic scene: Yama’s messengers halt at the boundary of Prabhāsa, unable to seize a sinner who dies there; above, a radiant Śiva presence blesses the departing soul; a devotee living there holds a vow-staff, steady and serene.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography matters in Purāṇic dharma: death or steadfast residence in a mahā-tīrtha is proclaimed spiritually transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A life of committed residence or vowed association with Prabhāsa is praised (kṛta-niścaya), though no single rite is specified in this verse.