Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

रागद्वेषविनिर्मुक्तो हृदि ध्यात्वा जनार्दनम् । सर्वकामसुसम्पूर्णः स गच्छेद्वारुणं पुरम्

Transliteration

rāgadveṣavinirmukto hṛdi dhyātvā janārdanam | sarvakāmasusampūrṇaḥ sa gacchedvāruṇaṃ puram

Translation

Frei von Anhaftung und Abneigung, im Herzen Janārdana betrachtend, in allen gewünschten Zielen vollendet, geht er zur Stadt Varuṇas.

Word by Word

• rāgadveṣavinirmuktaḥ: freed from attachment and aversion
• rāgadveṣavinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāga + dveṣa + vinirmukta (कृदन्त; वि-निर्मुच्/मुच् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (रागद्वेषाभ्यां विनिर्मुक्तः)

• hṛdi: in the heart
• hṛdi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dhyātvā: having meditated
• dhyātvā: Kriya (Subordinate action/अनुक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhyai (ध्यै धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): having meditated

• janārdanam: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• janārdanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarvakāmasusampūrṇaḥ: fully endowed with all desires (fulfilled)
• sarvakāmasusampūrṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + kāma + su-sampūrṇa (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; सम्-पूॄ/पूर् धातु, क्त; with सु- उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वैः कामैः सुसम्पूर्णः)

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

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vāruṇam: of Varuṇa
• vāruṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (puram)

• puram: city
• puram: Gati-Karma (Goal/Object of motion/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गत्यर्थकर्म (goal)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A meditator sits by the river, eyes half-closed, visualizing Janārdana in the heart; above, a celestial oceanic city motif suggests Varuṇa’s realm; the atmosphere is tranquil and detached from worldly agitation.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Varuṇa
• Vāruṇa-pura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-fruit is perfected by inner discipline: conquering rāga-dveṣa and sustained dhyāna on the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing context is Śuklatīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Heart-centered meditation (dhyāna) on Janārdana, coupled with freedom from rāga and dveṣa.