Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

एतत्प्रारब्धदेहांते मत्स्वरूपमवाप्स्यसि । अस्मिन्नेवाश्रमे वासं कुरुष्व मुनिपुंगव

Transliteration

etatprārabdhadehāṃte matsvarūpamavāpsyasi | asminnevāśrame vāsaṃ kuruṣva munipuṃgava

Translation

„Am Ende dieses Leibes—getragen vom bereits in Gang gesetzten Schicksalsimpuls—wirst du Meine eigene Wesensnatur erlangen. Darum, o Bester der Weisen, wohne hier in diesem Āśrama.“

Word by Word

• etat-prārabdha-deha-ante: at the end of this prārabdha-body
• etat-prārabdha-deha-ante: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prārabdha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + deha (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः (बहुपद) तत्पुरुषः: 'एतस्य प्रारब्धस्य देहस्य अन्ते' = at the end of this (karma-begun) body

• mat-svarūpam: my true form
• mat-svarūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mat (asmad-षष्ठी-समासपूर्वपद) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('मम स्वरूपम्')

• avāpsyasi: you will attain
• avāpsyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; धातुः √आप् with उपसर्ग ava-

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; 'in this'

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• āśrame: in the hermitage
• āśrame: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• vāsam: dwelling/residence
• vāsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• kuruṣva: do/make (take up)
• kuruṣva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• muni-puṃgava: O best of sages
• muni-puṃgava: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('मुनीनां पुंगवः' = bull among sages)

Speaker

Hari (Viṣṇu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari assures the sage of attaining His nature at the end of prārabdha; the scene shows an āśrama with kuṭīra, sacred tank, and the sage being invited to stay, conveying stability and spiritual shelter.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Viṣṇu
• Gālava
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is promised through divine grace and steady practice, even while prārabdha karma completes its course.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The āśrama setting within Setukhaṇḍa is emphasized as a sanctified place for sustained sādhana near the Setu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To remain in the āśrama and continue disciplined devotion until life’s end.