Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

जनं प्राप्ते महर्लोके ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशादयः । ऋषयश्च महात्मानो दिव्यतेजःसमन्विताः

Transliteration

janaṃ prāpte maharloke brahmakṣatraviśādayaḥ | ṛṣayaśca mahātmāno divyatejaḥsamanvitāḥ

Translation

Nang marating ng mga tao ang Maharloka—mga Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya at iba pa—naroon din ang mga dakilang rishi, marangal ang loob, na may banal na ningning.

Word by Word

• जनम्: people, multitude
• जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, accusative, singular)

• प्राप्ते: when (it was) reached/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी, एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; लोके इति पदेन सह सति-सप्तमी (past participle in locative singular; locative absolute)

• महर्लोके: in Maharloka
• महर्लोके: Adhikarana (Location/Time in locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; महर् + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (masculine, locative, singular)

• ब्रह्म: Brahmin (class)
• ब्रह्म: Karta (as member of compound subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular)

• क्षत्र: Kshatriya (class)
• क्षत्र: Karta (as member of compound subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular)

• विश्: Vaishya (class)
• विश्: Karta (as member of compound subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• आदयः: and others
• आदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative, plural); 'आदि' = 'and others'

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative, plural)

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

• महात्मानः: great-souled
• महात्मानः: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; महा + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine, nominative, plural; adjective)

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Sambandha (as member of compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular; adjective)

• तेजः: splendour, radiance
• तेजः: Sambandha (as member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular)

• समन्विताः: endowed with
• समन्विताः: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अन्-वि-इ (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (past participle, masculine nominative plural; adjective)

Speaker

Narrator in Revā-khaṇḍa dialogue context (sage narrating)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maharloka (as refuge-loka)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous assembly in Maharloka: sages with radiant auras, and groups of people (brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, others) arriving upward, leaving a darkened, drying earth below.

Characters & Entities

• Maharloka
• Brahmin
• Kṣatriya
• Vaiśya
• Ṛṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In cosmic crisis, Dharma is safeguarded by elevated beings and sages; spiritual radiance, not worldly status, is the true protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific terrestrial tīrtha is named; the passage is cosmological within the Revā Khaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.