Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मृतानां यत्र जंतूनां श्वेतद्वीपे स्थितिः सदा

Transliteration

mṛtānāṃ yatra jaṃtūnāṃ śvetadvīpe sthitiḥ sadā

Translation

ที่ซึ่งสำหรับสรรพสัตว์ผู้ล่วงลับ ย่อมมีที่พำนักอันแน่นอนในเศวตทวีปอยู่เสมอ

Word by Word

• mṛtānām: of the dead
• mṛtānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛ (मृ धातु) + mṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle used substantively), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• jantūnām: of creatures/beings
• jantūnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• śvetadvīpe: in Śvetadvīpa (the White Island)
• śvetadvīpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śveta-dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (śveta + dvīpa), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• sthitiḥ: abode/state
• sthitiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous white island (Śvetadvīpa) appears beyond a cosmic ocean; a departed soul, guided by a subtle Kṛṣṇa-light from Dvārakā, arrives peacefully.

Characters & Entities

• Śvetadvīpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with an exalted sacred field is portrayed as transforming even death into an onward journey toward a divine realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is Dvārakā Māhātmya; the verse highlights a post-mortem fruit linked to the Dvārakā sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this half-verse; it describes the spiritual result (a steady abode in Śvetadvīpa).