Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

अपि कीटपतंगा ये म्रियंते तत्र ये नराः । तेऽपि यांति परं स्थानं नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

api kīṭapataṃgā ye mriyaṃte tatra ye narāḥ | te'pi yāṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

Ngay cả côn trùng và bướm đêm—và cả những người chết tại đó—cũng đạt đến cảnh giới tối thượng. Về điều này không cần bàn luận.

Word by Word

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-अर्थक निपात (particle: even/also)

• kīṭa-pataṅgāḥ: worms and insects
• kīṭa-pataṅgāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + pataṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (यत्-प्रत्यय)

• mriyante: die
• mriyante: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mṛ (धातु) + लट् आत्मनेपद
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (यत्-प्रत्यय)

• narāḥ: men/people
• narāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थक निपात (particle: also/even)

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु) + लट्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• param: supreme
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sthānam: abode/place
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here/in this matter)

• kāryā: to be done/necessary
• kāryā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done/necessary)

• vicāraṇā: consideration/inquiry
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject of nominal sentence/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boundary of Prabhāsa glowing like a protective aura; tiny beings—moths, insects, and humans—are shown rising as subtle lights toward a radiant ‘parama-sthāna’, indicating universal uplift through kṣetra-prabhāva.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Paramasthāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s grace is portrayed as radically inclusive: death at Prabhāsa is said to lead to the supreme state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even death is described as spiritually transformative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha-phala (fruit of the place) associated with dying there.