Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

संन्यासेन त्यजेद्देहं मोक्षमाप्नोति भारत

Transliteration

saṃnyāsena tyajeddehaṃ mokṣamāpnoti bhārata

Translation

O Bhārata, wenn er den Leib durch Entsagung (saṃnyāsa) verlässt, erlangt er Befreiung (mokṣa).

Word by Word

• संन्यासेन: by renunciation
• संन्यासेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संन्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• त्यजेत्: should abandon
• त्यजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Potential/Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• देहम्: the body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Present indicative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (continued discourse; vocative “bhārata” addresses the listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Haṃsatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An aged seeker on a riverbank tirtha, laying aside possessions, seated in meditation, breath dissolving into light—symbolizing ‘tyajed deham’ through saṃnyāsa and attainment of mokṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata (listener addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Beyond heavenly rewards, the highest goal is mokṣa, attained through genuine renunciation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement concludes the Haṃsatīrtha merit narrative, pointing from tīrtha-phala toward final liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Adopting saṃnyāsa (renunciation) at life’s end—framed as the means to attain mokṣa.