Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मपुत्राश्च ये केचित्कल्पादौ न भवन्ति ह । त्रैलोक्यं ते परित्यज्य अनाधारं भवन्ति च

Transliteration

brahmaputrāśca ye kecitkalpādau na bhavanti ha | trailokyaṃ te parityajya anādhāraṃ bhavanti ca

Translation

และบุตรทั้งหลายของพระพรหมผู้ใดก็ตาม ที่เมื่อเริ่มกัลป์มิได้ปรากฏ—ละทิ้งไตรโลกแล้ว ย่อมเป็นผู้ไร้ที่พึ่ง ไร้หลักยึด

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मपुत्राः: sons of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मपुत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः पुत्राः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• केचित्: some (persons)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम (indefinite: 'some')

• कल्पादौ: at the beginning of the kalpa
• कल्पादौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (कल्पस्य आदौ)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• भवन्ति: exist/are
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/खलु-अर्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (they/those)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund/absolutive); 'having abandoned'

• अनाधारम्: unsupported, without a base
• अनाधारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्- (नञ्) + आधार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/नकारार्थ-विशेषण (without support)

• भवन्ति: become/are
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Revā-khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the dawn of a kalpa, certain mind-born sons of Brahmā fail to manifest; they drift away from the three worlds, depicted as luminous figures losing their footing, suspended in a void-like expanse beyond the loka-s.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Kalpa
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Existence is tied to cosmic order (kalpa-dharma); beings not aligned with the cycle lose their footing in the manifested worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is mentioned; the verse is metaphysical, explaining manifestation and non-manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a cosmological statement.