Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ततः कालेन महता सत्रे पारिक्षितस्य च । निर्वृत्ते ते तदा जग्मुः सुनिर्वृत्ता रसातलम्

Transliteration

tataḥ kālena mahatā satre pārikṣitasya ca | nirvṛtte te tadā jagmuḥ sunirvṛttā rasātalam

Translation

Pagkaraan ng mahabang panahon, nang matapos ang satra (handog na pagtitipon) ni Haring Parīkṣit, sila—lubos na nasiyahan—ay nagtungo noon sa Rasātala.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thereafter/then’

• कालेन: by time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — ‘by/with time’

• महता: great
• महता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — विशेषणम् (कालेन)

• सत्रे: in the sacrifice-session
• सत्रे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘in the sacrificial session’

• पारिक्षितस्य: of Parīkṣit
• पारिक्षितस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिक्षित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — ‘of Parīkṣit’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction ‘and’

• निर्वृत्ते: when (it) had concluded
• निर्वृत्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्वृत्त (धातु: √वृत्/√वृत्त् + नि-; क्त)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; ‘when (it) had concluded’ (locative absolute)

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

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then’

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — परस्मैपदम्; ‘they went’

• सुनिर्वृत्ताः: fully satisfied/at peace
• सुनिर्वृत्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + निर्वृत्त (धातु: √वृत्/√वृत्त् + नि-; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषणम् (ते)

• रसातलम्: Rasātala (netherworld)
• रसातलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘to Rasātala’

Speaker

Pulastya (narrator)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand sacrificial pavilion with fire altars and priests; time passes; at conclusion, a group departs downward toward a stylized netherworld gate labeled Rasātala, carrying a sense of fulfilled duty.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Parīkṣit
• Rasātala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred history links ritual time (satra) with cosmic geography, showing dharma’s reach across worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It continues the Nāgodbhava Tīrtha Māhātmya narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A satra (extended sacrificial session) is referenced, but not prescribed here.