Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

यमलोकं न पश्येयुः कुंभीपाकादिकं तथा । नैमिषारण्यवासी यो नरो देवत्वमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

yamalokaṃ na paśyeyuḥ kuṃbhīpākādikaṃ tathā | naimiṣāraṇyavāsī yo naro devatvamāpnuyāt

Translation

وہ یم لوک کو نہ دیکھیں گے، نہ کُمبھِیپاک وغیرہ عذابوں کو۔ جو شخص نیمِشارنْیہ میں بستا ہے، وہ دیوتا پن کو پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• यमलोकम्: Yama’s world
• यमलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (यमस्य लोकः)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधबोधक अव्यय (negation)

• पश्येयुः: would see
• पश्येयुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कुंभीपाकादिकम्: Kumbhīpāka etc. (hells)
• कुंभीपाकादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुंभीपाक + आदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कुंभीपाकः आदिः यस्य/यत्र)

• तथा: likewise / also
• तथा: Connector/Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (likewise/also)

• नैमिषारण्यवासी: one dwelling in Naimiṣāraṇya
• नैमिषारण्यवासी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैमिषारण्य + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (नैमिषारण्ये वासी)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक सर्वनाम

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; यः-सम्बन्धी

• देवत्वम्: divinity
• देवत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्नुयात्: would attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; Naimiṣāraṇya is classically linked with Sūta’s narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil sacred forest with hermitages and sacrificial altars; a devotee resides among sages. In the background, Yama’s dark city fades away, while luminous devas appear above the canopy, symbolizing devatva and freedom from Kumbhīpāka torments.

Characters & Entities

• Yamaloka
• Kumbhīpāka
• Naimiṣāraṇya
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Residence in a supremely sanctified kṣetra is portrayed as protective and elevating, reshaping one’s afterlife trajectory toward divinity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Naimiṣāraṇya, the sacred forest renowned in Purāṇic tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vāsa (dwelling/residing) in Naimiṣāraṇya as a devotional discipline; avoidance of hellish states is stated as its fruit.