Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 128

Devanagari script

अविच्छिन्नं तथा सौख्यं गृहं वै पुत्रपौत्रिकम् । भुक्त्वाऽसौ सुचिरं कालं ततो मोक्षं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

avicchinnaṃ tathā saukhyaṃ gṛhaṃ vai putrapautrikam | bhuktvā'sau suciraṃ kālaṃ tato mokṣaṃ gamiṣyati

Translation

அவனுக்கு இடையறாத இன்பம் உண்டாகும்; புத்ர-பௌத்திரர் நிறைந்த இல்லவாழ்வு கிடைக்கும். அதை நீண்ட காலம் அனுபவித்த பின் இறுதியில் மோட்சத்தை அடைவான்.

Word by Word

• अविच्छिन्नम्: unbroken, uninterrupted
• अविच्छिन्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविच्छिन्न (कृदन्त; छिद् धातोः क्त, उपसर्ग वि; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective) of सौख्यम्

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/also’)

• सौख्यम्: happiness
• सौख्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• गृहम्: house, home
• गृहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पुत्र-पौत्रिकम्: (a home) with sons and grandsons
• पुत्र-पौत्रिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र + पौत्रिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of गृहम्; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective): पुत्रैः पौत्रैश्च सम्बन्धि

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having enjoyed’

• असौ: he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); निर्देशार्थ (demonstrative)

• सुचिरम्: for a very long (time)
• सुचिरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); काल-विशेषण (adverbial accusative) of कालम्

• कालम्: time, period
• कालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); काल-परिमाण (extent of time)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक/क्रमार्थक अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘then/from that’)

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• गमिष्यति: will attain/go to
• गमिष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

Speaker

Gāyatrī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim household at Prabhāsa: elders, sons and grandsons gathered after tīrtha-snān; in the background the Somnātha shrine and the sea; a subtle upward motif indicating eventual liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Mokṣa
• Householder devotee (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma harmonizes worldly welfare with the final aim—prosperity is not the end, but a stage culminating in mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya these fruits are proclaimed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified here; it continues the stated fruits of devotional worship in the tīrtha-context.