Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्मृता महाराज निष्कामाः कामतोऽपि वा । ते यान्ति शिवसायुज्यं जरा मरणवर्जितम्

Transliteration

tasminmṛtā mahārāja niṣkāmāḥ kāmato'pi vā | te yānti śivasāyujyaṃ jarā maraṇavarjitam

Translation

হে মহারাজ, সেখানে যারা মৃত্যুবরণ করে—নিষ্কাম হোক বা কামযুক্তও—তারা শিব-সায়ুজ্য লাভ করে, যা জরা ও মৃত্যুমুক্ত।

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: there; in that place
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; देशे (अर्बुदे)

• मृताः: having died
• मृताः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (ते इति)

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• निष्कामाः: desireless
• निष्कामाः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (मृताः/ते इति)

• कामतः: out of desire
• कामतः: Modifier (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कामतः (अव्यय/तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निमित्तार्थक (adverb: ‘out of desire/for desire’s sake’)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Modifier (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-निपात (even/also)

• वा: or
• वा: Connector (Disjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (or)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• यान्ति: go, attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• शिवसायुज्यम्: union with Śiva
• शिवसायुज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + सायुज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गन्तव्य/प्राप्तव्य (यान्ति इति कर्म)

• जरा: old age
• जरा: Qualifier (in compound sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-सम्बन्धेन (वर्जितम् इति सह)

• मरणवर्जितम्: free from death (and old age)
• मरणवर्जितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मरण + वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (शिवसायुज्यम् इति)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn yet luminous scene: a devotee’s last moments within Arbuda’s sacred precinct; Śiva’s compassionate presence (or a radiant liṅga) appears, drawing the departing jīva upward into a calm, deathless union, while the mountain shrine and tīrtha waters glow.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mahārāja (listener, unspecified)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely sanctified tirtha can grant Śiva-union; the place’s grace can transcend the visitor’s inner state of desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred locale praised in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa Māhātmya (Arbuda region/tirtha context) within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed in this verse; it states the salvific fruit associated with dying in that holy place.