Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

मनःशुद्धिमनुप्राप्य तेन चाज्ञाननाशने । स्वस्वरूपं समापन्नः परमानंदरूपकम्

Transliteration

manaḥśuddhimanuprāpya tena cājñānanāśane | svasvarūpaṃ samāpannaḥ paramānaṃdarūpakam

Translation

Hat man die Reinheit des Geistes erlangt—und damit die Vernichtung der Unwissenheit—so weilt man im eigenen wahren Wesen, dessen Wesenheit höchste Seligkeit ist.

Word by Word

• मनःशुद्धिम्: purification of mind
• मनःशुद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनःशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः मनः+शुद्धि (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/निर्देशः: ‘मनसः शुद्धिः’)

• अनुप्राप्य: having attained
• अनुप्राप्य: Kriya (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√प्राप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्तः (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष), ‘having attained/after attaining’

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अज्ञाननाशने: in (the means of) destruction of ignorance
• अज्ञाननाशने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञाननाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगानुसार), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः अज्ञान+नाशन (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘अज्ञानस्य नाशनम्’)

• स्वस्वरूपम्: one’s own true nature
• स्वस्वरूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः स्व+स्वरूप (कर्मधारयः: ‘स्वं स्वरूपम्’)

• समापन्नः: having attained
• समापन्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ√पद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकर्तरि कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘having reached/attained’

• परमानंदरूपकम्: of the form of supreme bliss
• परमानंदरूपकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम+आनन्द+रूपक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः परम+आनन्द (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भाव) + रूपक (तत्पुरुषः: ‘परम-आनन्दस्य रूपम्’)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narrative voice within Setu-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jaṭātīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ / dvijottamāḥ (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene ascetic or pilgrim, freshly bathed, seated in meditation near a sacred waterbody labeled Jaṭātīrtha; the mind’s impurities dissolve like dark mist, revealing a radiant inner self (svarūpa) as luminous bliss.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity of mind leads to the destruction of ignorance, revealing the Self as supreme bliss.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage in this adhyāya praises Jaṭātīrtha in the Setu-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse states the inner result (mind-purification and knowledge); the ritual means (snāna at Jaṭātīrtha) is emphasized in adjacent verses.