Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

ततो विभीषणं मुक्त्वा हनूमंतं च वानरम् । ब्रह्मलोकं गताः सर्वे तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावतः

Transliteration

tato vibhīṣaṇaṃ muktvā hanūmaṃtaṃ ca vānaram | brahmalokaṃ gatāḥ sarve tattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ

Translation

ततः विभीषणं मुक्त्वा हनूमन्तं च वानरम् । ब्रह्मलोकं गताः सर्वे तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावतः ॥

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तस्मात्/ततः = ‘then, thereafter’

• vibhīṣaṇam: Vibhīṣaṇa
• vibhīṣaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• muktvā: having released
• muktvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having released/letting go’

• hanūmantam: Hanūmān
• hanūmantam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hanūmant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): समुच्चयार्थक ‘and’

• vānarām: the monkey (one)
• vānarām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• brahmalokam: to Brahmaloka
• brahmalokam: Gati-Karma (Destination/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-loka (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्म + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/गति-कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (Brahma’s world)

• gatāḥ: went / have gone
• gatāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used predicatively): पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘gone’ (with implied ‘they are’)

• sarve: all (of them)
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• tat: of that
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of that’ (qualifying tīrthasya)

• tīrthasya: of the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• tīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• prabhāvataḥ: due to (its) power
• prabhāvataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/हेतु-अपादान), एकवचन; ‘due to/because of the power’

Speaker

Narrative voice (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya assembly implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred pond/ford glowing with unseen potency; a group of pilgrims/companions depart skyward toward Brahmaloka, while Vibhīṣaṇa and Hanūmān remain at the tīrtha as guardians/witnesses.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Hanūmān
• Brahmaloka
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The merit of a tīrtha can grant exalted destinations; association with sacred geography transforms destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed tīrtha of Adhyāya 103, explicitly credited with the power (prabhāva) to grant Brahmaloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it states the result of the tīrtha’s power for those connected with it.