Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

येऽपि प्राप्ता महर्लोकं भृग्वाद्याश्च महर्षयः । तेऽपि नश्यन्ति शतशो ब्रह्मक्षत्त्रविशादयः

Transliteration

ye'pi prāptā maharlokaṃ bhṛgvādyāśca maharṣayaḥ | te'pi naśyanti śataśo brahmakṣattraviśādayaḥ

Translation

بھِرگو وغیرہ وہ مہارشی جنہوں نے مہَرلوک کو پا لیا تھا، وہ بھی سینکڑوں کی تعداد میں فنا ہو گئے؛ برہمن، کشتری، ویش اور دیگر سب بھی ہلاک ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), ‘also/even’

• prāptāḥ: having reached
• prāptāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘प्राप्त’ = having reached

• mahar: Mahar (name of a loka)
• mahar: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (stem) समासे

• lokam: the Maharloka
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: महर्लोकः (Mahar-loka)

• bhṛgu: Bhṛgu
• bhṛgu: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (stem) समासे

• ādyāḥ: beginning with Bhṛgu (and others)
• ādyāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; समासः: भृगु-आद्याः = Bhṛgu and others (तत्पुरुष/समाहारार्थ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• maharṣayaḥ: great sages
• maharṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः: महा + ऋषि = great sages

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), ‘also/even’

• naśyanti: perish
• naśyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• śataśaḥ: by hundreds
• śataśaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śataśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘by hundreds/in hundreds’

• brahma: Brahmins
• brahma: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक, समासे पूर्वपदत्वे

• kṣattraviśādayaḥ: Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas and others (the classes)
• kṣattraviśādayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣattra + viśa + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; समासः द्वन्द्वः (समाहार/इतरेतर): ब्रह्म + क्षत्त्र + विश् + आदयः = Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, etc.

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Great rishis like Bhṛgu and hosts of beings from all varṇas fall in vast numbers, suggesting a cosmic catastrophe where spiritual eminence and social order alike are swept away.

Characters & Entities

• Maharloka
• Bhṛgu
• Brāhmaṇas
• Kṣatriyas
• Vaiśyas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Status—cosmic or social—does not override time and dissolution; the enduring refuge is righteous conduct and devotion to the Supreme.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse is a universalizing statement within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal/narrative assertion rather than a ritual injunction.