Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

त्यक्त्वा मानुष्यकं भावं यास्यन्ति परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

tyaktvā mānuṣyakaṃ bhāvaṃ yāsyanti paramāṃ gatim

Translation

Indem sie das Menschsein ablegen, werden sie das höchste Ziel erreichen.

Word by Word

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• मानुष्यकम्: human
• मानुष्यकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'भावम्' विशेषण

• भावम्: state, condition
• भावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यास्यन्ति: will go
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'गतिम्' विशेषण

• गतिम्: destination, state
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker) to Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee leaves behind mortal limitation and moves toward a radiant, serene ‘supreme destination’—depicted as a luminous path beyond the world.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional discipline linked to tīrtha and sacred remembrance culminates in transcendence and the highest spiritual end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise concludes the Revā-māhātmya sequence, implying the salvific power of the Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it states the culminating fruit (paramā gati) of the previously described practices.