Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

इह भुक्त्वाखिलान्भोगान्दीर्घायुर्व्याधिवर्जितः । जीवितांते च मरणं सुखनैवं प्रपद्यते

Transliteration

iha bhuktvākhilānbhogāndīrghāyurvyādhivarjitaḥ | jīvitāṃte ca maraṇaṃ sukhanaivaṃ prapadyate

Translation

اسی دنیا میں وہ تمام نعمتیں بھوگتا ہے، دراز عمر اور بیماری سے پاک رہتا ہے؛ اور زندگی کے آخر میں اسے پُرسکون اور مبارک موت نصیب ہوتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• अखिलान्: all
• अखिलान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; qualifies भोगान्

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• दीर्घायुः: long-lived
• दीर्घायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘दीर्घं आयुः यस्य’—usage adjectival); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; qualifies implied subject

• व्याधिवर्जितः: free from disease
• व्याधिवर्जितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (√वृज्/√वर्ज् धातु, क्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (‘व्याधिभिः वर्जितः/व्याधिरहितः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; qualifies implied subject

• जीवितान्ते: at the end of life
• जीवितान्ते: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (√जीव् धातु, क्त; प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (‘जीवितस्य अन्ते’); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

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

• मरणम्: death
• मरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• सुखम्: pleasantly / happily
• सुखम्: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; adverbial accusative qualifying prapadyate

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• एवम्: thus / in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• प्रपद्यते: attains / meets with
• प्रपद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √पद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A healthy, radiant devotee with Tripuṇḍra lives prosperously; in a second vignette, the same devotee at life’s end lies peacefully, mind fixed on Śiva, with calm attendants and a gentle lamp-lit atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Tripuṇḍra (implied continuation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-informed devotion is said to bless both worldly well-being and a serene end, integrating bhoga and śubha-gati.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; the verse describes general fruits of the practice being praised in the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse continues the result-fruit (phalaśruti) of the ongoing Shaiva observance (Tripuṇḍra/Rudrākṣa) rather than adding a new rite.