Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वसन्ति ये संन्यसित्वा च तत्र निगृह्य दुःखानि विमुक्तसङ्घाः । ध्यायन्तो वै सांख्यवृत्त्या तुरीयं पदं मुरारेस्तेऽपि तत्रैव यान्ति

Transliteration

vasanti ye saṃnyasitvā ca tatra nigṛhya duḥkhāni vimuktasaṅghāḥ | dhyāyanto vai sāṃkhyavṛttyā turīyaṃ padaṃ murāreste'pi tatraiva yānti

Translation

Diejenigen, die dort wohnen, nachdem sie der Welt entsagt haben — die Leiden gezügelt und überwunden und sich von Anhaftung gelöst —, meditieren nach der Weise des Sāṅkhya über den „vierten“ Zustand (turīya), die höchste Wohnstatt Murāris (Viṣṇus). Auch sie erreichen eben dieses Ziel von eben diesem Ort aus.

Word by Word

• vasanti: dwell
• vasanti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• saṃnyasitvā: having renounced
• saṃnyasitvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ√nyas (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having renounced’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• nigṛhya: having restrained
• nigṛhya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni√grah (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having restrained’

• duḥkhāni: sufferings
• duḥkhāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• vimukta-saṅghāḥ: those whose bonds are released
• vimukta-saṅghāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimukta (√muc, कृदन्त) + saṅgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (possessive: ‘whose group/bonds are freed’)

• dhyāyantaḥ: meditating
• dhyāyantaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhyai (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• sāṃkhya-vṛttyā: by the Sāṃkhya mode (discipline)
• sāṃkhya-vṛttyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃkhya (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘by the Sāṃkhya method/discipline’)

• turīyam: the fourth (state)
• turīyam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: turīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• padam: state/abode
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• murāreḥ: of Murāri (Viṣṇu)
• murāreḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: murāri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic: just/only)

• yānti: go/attain
• yānti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial voice (speaker not specified in snippet; within Revā Khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (unspecified spot)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) the king (rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of serene sannyāsins living by the Narmadā, minimal possessions, practicing meditation; above them a symbolic ‘fourth state’—a luminous, formless radiance leading to Viṣṇu’s supreme abode; suffering personified as shackles broken.

Characters & Entities

• Murāri (Viṣṇu)
• Sāṅkhya
• Turīya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renunciation, restraint over suffering, and disciplined meditation lead to liberation; the sacred place itself supports attainment of the highest state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred locale within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography), praised as effective for mokṣa through residence and meditation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on saṃnyāsa (renunciation) and dhyāna (meditation) as the operative discipline.