Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

न विज्ञातश्च तत्रस्थः संन्यस्तः स महाव्रतः । संसारभावनिर्मुक्तस्तस्मान्मुनिसमागमात्

Transliteration

na vijñātaśca tatrasthaḥ saṃnyastaḥ sa mahāvrataḥ | saṃsārabhāvanirmuktastasmānmunisamāgamāt

Translation

ومكث هناك دون أن يعرفه أحد. وقد اتخذ طريق السَّنْياسا، فصار صاحب النذر العظيم متحرّرًا من ميول الدنيا وأحوال السمسارا، ببركة صحبة الحكماء من المونِيّين.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Kriya-pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• विज्ञातः: known/recognized
• विज्ञातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• तत्रस्थः: staying there
• तत्रस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्यय-तत्पुरुषः (‘तत्र स्थितः’)

• संन्यस्तः: renounced (a sannyāsin)
• संन्यस्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-नि-√अस्/√न्यस् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘renounced’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महाव्रतः: one of great vow
• महाव्रतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + व्रत (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘महद् व्रतम् यस्य/महद्व्रतः’)

• संसारभावनिर्मुक्तः: freed from worldly attachment
• संसारभावनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार + भाव + निर्-√मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘संसारभावात् निर्मुक्तः’ (freed from worldly disposition)

• तस्मात्: from that (cause)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुनिसमागमात्: from the gathering of sages
• मुनिसमागमात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + समागम (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘मुनीनां समागमः’), तस्मात् (from the meeting of sages)

Speaker

Unknown (Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relating the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An austere renunciant, simple cloth, matted hair, seated or standing quietly near an anthill-covered spot; passing travelers fail to notice his spiritual radiance; nearby, a small group of sages in ochre robes approaches, suggesting impending recognition through spiritual kinship rather than society.

Characters & Entities

• muni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with sages (muni-saṅga) is presented as a decisive purifier that can dissolve saṃsāra-bhāva and support true renunciation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The specific site is not named in this verse; the glorification is implicit in the tīrtha-context where sages gather and spiritual change becomes possible.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied discipline is saṃnyāsa/mahāvrata and seeking saintly company; no formal rite (snāna/dāna) is stated here.