Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

सतां समागमादेते समत्स्या मत्स्यजीविनः । त्रिविष्टपमनुप्राप्ता नराः पुण्यकृतो यथा

Transliteration

satāṃ samāgamādete samatsyā matsyajīvinaḥ | triviṣṭapamanuprāptā narāḥ puṇyakṛto yathā

Translation

نیکوں کی صحبت کے سبب یہ مچھیرے لوگ مچھلیوں سمیت تری وِشٹپ (سُوَرگ) کو پہنچ گئے، جیسے ثواب کے کام کرنے والے انسان پہنچتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• सताम्: of the virtuous (good people)
• सताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• समागमात्: from association/meeting
• समागमात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक; सम्+आ+गम् धातु से भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• समत्स्याः: having/with fish (fish-associated)
• समत्स्याः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समत्स्य (प्रातिपदिक; सम+मत्स्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘एते/नराः’)

• मत्स्यजीविनः: fish-livers; those who live by fish
• मत्स्यजीविनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य-जीविन् (प्रातिपदिक; मत्स्य + जीविन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• त्रिविष्टपम्: heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अनुप्राप्ताः: having attained/reached
• अनुप्राप्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु+प्र+आप् (धातु) → अनुप्राप्त (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘प्राप्त’ = having reached

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पुण्यकृतः: doers of merit
• पुण्यकृतः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य-कृत् (प्रातिपदिक; पुण्य + कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘पुण्यं करोति’

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा/तुलना-वाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

Speaker

Nṛpati (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: fisherfolk and fish ascend toward a celestial city labeled Triviṣṭapa; below, sages stand as the causal presence, with the king pointing upward as he explains the principle.

Characters & Entities

• sat (virtuous persons)
• Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• matsyajīvinaḥ (fisherfolk)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sat-saṅga can bestow the same fruit as great merit—uplifting one’s destiny beyond social identity or profession.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where association with saints is depicted as granting swift heavenly attainment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit prescription: seek sat-saṅga (meeting with the virtuous) as a powerful spiritual practice at holy places.