Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

इदं शरीरमुत्सृज्य परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति । द्रुपदांतं ततो जप्त्वा जलमादाय पाणिना

Transliteration

idaṃ śarīramutsṛjya paraṃ brahmādhigacchati | drupadāṃtaṃ tato japtvā jalamādāya pāṇinā

Translation

Nachdem er diesen Körper abgelegt hat, gelangt er zum höchsten Brahman. Dann, nachdem er bis zum Ende des Hymnus (drupadānta) rezitiert und Wasser in die Hand genommen hat…

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (शरीरम्)

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned
• उत्सृज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): 'having abandoned'

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (ब्रह्म)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अधिगच्छति: attains
• अधिगच्छति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्रुपदान्तम्: the end (portion) of the Drupada (hymn/section)
• द्रुपदान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—द्रुपदस्य अन्तः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• जप्त्वा: having recited
• जप्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): 'having recited'

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): 'having taken'

• पाणिना: with the hand
• पाणिना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa narrative style within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm ascetic completes a hymn-recitation, then cups water in the right palm for saṅkalpa/ācamanam; behind him a quiet riverbank and a sense of transcendence beyond the body.

Characters & Entities

• Brahman
• Japa
• Water (ācamana/añjali context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper mantra-practice, grounded in purity, is linked to the highest goal—attainment of Brahman beyond the body.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is procedural and soteriological; it does not name a tīrtha, but continues Dharmāraṇya’s dharma-instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A step in japa is indicated: recite to the end of the hymn/section and then take water in the hand as part of the rite.