Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

प्राणत्यागं तु यः कुर्याद्भावितो भावितात्मना । स वसेच्छाङ्करे लोके यावदा भूतसम्प्लवम्

Transliteration

prāṇatyāgaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādbhāvito bhāvitātmanā | sa vasecchāṅkare loke yāvadā bhūtasamplavam

Translation

Und wer dort, mit geläutertem und versenktem Geist, das Leben hingibt, der weilt in Śaṅkaras Reich bis zur Auflösung aller Wesen.

Word by Word

• प्राणत्यागम्: abandonment of life-breath (giving up life)
• प्राणत्यागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण-त्याग (प्रातिपदिक; प्राण + त्याग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्राणानां त्यागः)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/विशेषार्थे ‘but/indeed’

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• कुर्यात्: should do / would perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भावितः: one who is purified/imbued (meditated upon)
• भावितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावित (कृदन्त; √भू/भावय्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यः)

• भावितात्मना: by a purified/meditative self (by one whose self is purified)
• भावितात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भावित-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; भावित + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (भावितः आत्मा यस्य/भावित आत्मा)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अन्वादेश (correlative pronoun)

• वसेत्: should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शाङ्करे: in Śaṅkara’s (Shiva’s)
• शाङ्करे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लोके)

• लोके: world/realm
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यावत्: until/as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal marker/कालसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणे/परिमाणे ‘as long as/until’

• आ: up to
• आ: Sambandha (Limit marker/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय; ‘up to, until’ (यावत्-आ इति प्रयोगः)

• भूतसम्प्लवम्: the dissolution/deluge of beings
• भूतसम्प्लवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत-सम्प्लव (प्रातिपदिक; भूत + सम्प्लव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूतानां सम्प्लवः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Garjana-tīrtha (as preceding context indicates)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene riverbank tīrtha on Revā; an aged devotee seated in padmāsana, eyes half-closed, offering last breath with Śiva in heart; subtle vision of Śaṅkara-loka above (Kailāsa-like radiance).

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Garjana/Meghanāda Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place, approached with a purified mind, is portrayed as granting the highest posthumous state—abode in Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Garjana/Meghanāda Tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; it emphasizes inner preparation (bhāvita-ātman) and the extraordinary fruit associated with dying at the tīrtha.