Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

विष्णुलोकं हि गच्छंति पितरस्तत्कुलोद्भवाः । अनेकजन्मसाहस्रं पापं याति न संशयः

Transliteration

viṣṇulokaṃ hi gacchaṃti pitarastatkulodbhavāḥ | anekajanmasāhasraṃ pāpaṃ yāti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

یقیناً اس خاندان میں پیدا ہونے والے پِتر (اجداد) وشنو لوک کو جاتے ہیں؛ اور ہزاروں جنموں کے جمع شدہ پاپ مٹ جاتے ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• विष्णुलोकम्: to Vishnu’s world
• विष्णुलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः लोकम्)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• गच्छन्ति: go
• गच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• कुलोद्भवाः: born in that family/lineage
• कुलोद्भवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + उद् + भू (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (उद्भूत), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कुलात् उद्भवाः)

• अनेकजन्मसाहस्रम्: (of) many-thousand births
• अनेकजन्मसाहस्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अनेकानि जन्मानि—तस्य साहस्रम्)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• याति: goes away/perishes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—निषेध (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Sambandha (Idiomatic predicate/वाक्यांश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; वाक्ये—न संशयः (idiom: no doubt)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa/pilgrim audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ancestors ascending from the Gomati riverbank into a radiant Vaikuṇṭha-like realm: Vishnu’s world depicted as a luminous city of light; below, the river glows, and dark smoke-like ‘sins of thousands of births’ dissolve into the water’s radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇuloka
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma performed with tīrtha-support can liberate ancestors and erase deep karmic burdens spanning many lives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate context is Gomati-tīrtha in Dvārakā Māhātmya (though this verse states the fruit as Viṣṇuloka and sin-destruction).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified in this verse; it continues the promised results of the preceding Gomati-focused śrāddha/darśana context.