Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

मातृतः पितृतश्चैव लक्षकोटिकुलान्वितः । संप्राप्य विष्णुभवनं तत्रैव परिमुच्यते । कल्पत्रयं शंभुपदे स्थित्वा तत्रैव मुच्यते

Transliteration

mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaścaiva lakṣakoṭikulānvitaḥ | saṃprāpya viṣṇubhavanaṃ tatraiva parimucyate | kalpatrayaṃ śaṃbhupade sthitvā tatraiva mucyate

Translation

ทั้งจากสายมารดาและสายบิดา พร้อมด้วยวงศ์ตระกูลนับแสนและโกฏิ ย่อมถึงพระนิเวศน์ของพระวิษณุและหลุดพ้น ณ ที่นั้นเอง ครั้นดำรงอยู่ในฐานะแห่งศัมภุสามกัลปะแล้ว ก็พ้น ณ ที่นั้นเอง

Word by Word

• मातृतः: from the mother’s side
• मातृतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from the mother’s side)

• पितृतः: from the father’s side
• पितृतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from the father’s side)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• लक्षकोटिकुलान्वितः: endowed with lakhs and crores of lineages
• लक्षकोटिकुलान्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘लक्ष-कोटि-कुलैः अन्वितः’ (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• संप्राप्य: having reached
• संप्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• विष्णुभवनम्: Vishnu’s abode
• विष्णुभवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘विष्णोः भवनम्’ (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

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

• एव: itself/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• परिमुच्यते: is completely released
• परिमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Present, 3rd person, Singular; Passive)

• कल्पत्रयम्: for three kalpas
• कल्पत्रयम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः ‘त्रयः कल्पाः’ (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; adverbial duration)

• शम्भुपदे: in Śambhu’s state/abode
• शम्भुपदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘शम्भोः पदे’ (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• स्थित्वा: having remained
• स्थित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मुच्यते: is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Present, 3rd person, Singular; Passive)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (as mokṣa-kshetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand cosmic tableau: devotees and their ancestral lines rise in two streams (maternal and paternal) toward a radiant Vaikuṇṭha; alongside, a serene Śambhu-pada realm appears where a liberated soul abides for ‘three kalpas’ before final release—depicted as timeless light.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme tīrtha is portrayed as granting multi-generational uplift and final liberation through both Viṣṇu’s and Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-tīrtha (contextual continuation of Setu Māhātmya in this adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single act is named here; it continues the Setu-related pilgrimage merit theme (with liberation described).