Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

अत्रस्थो भवनिर्मुक्तो योगाभ्यासरतः सदा । मोक्षमार्गं प्रयास्यामि स्थानान्मोक्षमसंशयम्

Transliteration

atrastho bhavanirmukto yogābhyāsarataḥ sadā | mokṣamārgaṃ prayāsyāmi sthānānmokṣamasaṃśayam

Translation

«مقيمًا هنا بعينه، متحرّرًا من صيرورة العالم (bhava)، مواظبًا أبدًا على ممارسة اليوغا، سأسير في طريق الموكشا؛ ومن هذا الموضع نفسه أنال الخلاص بلا ريب.»

Word by Word

• अत्रस्थः: staying here / situated here
• अत्रस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय) + स्थ (धातु √स्था) → अत्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण; अव्ययीभाव-समास (अत्र + स्थ)

• भव-निर्मुक्तः: freed from worldly existence (saṃsāra)
• भव-निर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त, √मुच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (भवात् निर्मुक्तः)

• योग-अभ्यास-रतः: devoted to the practice of yoga
• योग-अभ्यास-रतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + अभ्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (कृदन्त, √रम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (योगाभ्यासे रतः)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• मोक्ष-मार्गम्: the path to liberation
• मोक्ष-मार्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्मपद; तत्पुरुष-समास (मोक्षस्य मार्गः)

• प्रयास्यामि: I shall proceed / I shall go
• प्रयास्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) + या (धातु √या)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्थानात्: from (this) place
• स्थानात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative)

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मपद

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ (निषेध) + संशय (प्रातिपदिक) → असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Garbhastha being (unidentified by name in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A ‘dvija-sattama’ (best of twice-born) addressed in the surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin seated steadily at a sacred spot, serene and detached, declaring certainty of liberation from that very place; minimal worldly elements, emphasis on stillness and sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Yoga
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is attained through steady yoga-abhyāsa and freedom from bhava, anchored in firm resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific tīrtha name is not stated in this individual verse; the claim “from this place” aligns with the broader tīrtha-māhātmya framework of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yoga-abhyāsa (continuous yogic practice) is prescribed as the means; no bathing/charity/japa is specified here.