Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

जरामरणनिर्मुक्तो जन्मदुःखविवर्जितः । रामनाथस्य सायुज्यमुक्तिं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयः

Transliteration

jarāmaraṇanirmukto janmaduḥkhavivarjitaḥ | rāmanāthasya sāyujyamuktiṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ

Translation

Von Alter und Tod befreit und frei vom Leid wiederholter Geburt erlangt er—ohne Zweifel—die Befreiung der Vereinigung (sāyujya) mit Rāmanātha.

Word by Word

• jarā-maraṇa-nirmuktaḥ: freed from old age and death
• jarā-maraṇa-nirmuktaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā + maraṇa + nirmukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः (जरामरणात् निर्मुक्तः)

• janma-duḥkha-vivarjitaḥ: devoid of the sorrow of birth
• janma-duḥkha-vivarjitaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: janma + duḥkha + vivarjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः (जन्मदुःखेन विवर्जितः/जन्मदुःखात् विवर्जितः)

• rāmanāthasya: of Rāmanātha
• rāmanāthasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (of Rāmanātha)

• sāyujya-muktim: liberation as union (sāyujya)
• sāyujya-muktim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāyujya + mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सायुज्या या मुक्तिः)

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र

• asaṃśayaḥ: without doubt
• asaṃśayaḥ: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a + saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय प्रयोगः; निश्चयार्थक (certainly/without doubt)

Speaker

Narrator (continuing the phalaśruti conclusion)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha at Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee recites the stotra; above, a luminous path dissolves into the liṅga, symbolizing sāyujya—individual identity merging into the presence of Rāmanātha; imagery of shedding age and death like a discarded garment.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha (Śiva)
• Sāyujya-mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional practice focused on the deity leads beyond worldly decay toward mokṣa—union with the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha at Setu (Rāmeśvaram/Rāmasetu), where this stotra’s fruit is proclaimed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: consistent stotra recitation/saṃkīrtana as the means leading to mokṣa.