Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अपुनर्भवदा मुक्तिर्भ विष्यत्यविलंबिता । कृमिकीटाश्च देवाश्च मुनयश्च तपोधनाः

Transliteration

apunarbhavadā muktirbha viṣyatyavilaṃbitā | kṛmikīṭāśca devāśca munayaśca tapodhanāḥ

Translation

โมกษะที่ตัดการเกิดใหม่จะบังเกิดโดยไม่ชักช้า ทั้งหนอนแมลง เหล่าเทวะ และมุนีผู้มั่งคั่งด้วยตบะ—ล้วนบรรลุได้ ณ ที่นี้

Word by Word

• अपुनर्भवदा: by (that which gives) non-rebirth / by non-return
• अपुनर्भवदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + पुनर्भव + दा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अपुनर्भवद’ इति)
• Form: समासः: नञ्-तत्पुरुष (पुनर्भवः न यस्य/यत्र); तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to ‘muktiḥ’: ‘by/through non-returning’)

• मुक्तिः: liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be/occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अविलम्बिता: without delay
• अविलम्बिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + विलम्बित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ‘विलम्ब्’ धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वकं विशेषणम् (not delayed)

• कृमि: worms
• कृमि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (कृमि + कीट); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (समासान्त ‘-आः’)

• कीटाः: insects
• कीटाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमासस्य द्वितीयाङ्गार्थः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (समासार्थे)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• तपोधनाः: those whose wealth is austerity (ascetics)
• तपोधनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + धन (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तपसः धनम्/धनिनः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau around the Rāmeśvara liṅga: tiny insects near the threshold, ordinary pilgrims, radiant sages with matted hair, and devas in the upper register showering flowers—each drawn toward the same sanctum light, symbolizing equal access to apunarbhava.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true mukti-kṣetra bestows swift freedom from rebirth, extending its grace to all orders of beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu/Rāmeśvara sacred region, implied as a place granting apunarbhava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is named; the emphasis is on the kṣetra’s inherent power to grant liberation.