Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

न किंचिच्चिंतयेत्पश्चात्समाधिरिति कीर्त्यते । समाधेर्लक्षणं सम्यग्ब्रुवतो मे निशामय

Transliteration

na kiṃcicciṃtayetpaścātsamādhiriti kīrtyate | samādherlakṣaṇaṃ samyagbruvato me niśāmaya

Translation

Wenn man danach an gar nichts mehr denkt, wird dies «Samādhi» genannt. Höre von mir, wie ich rechtmäßig das wahre Kennzeichen des Samādhi darlege.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक/indefinite pronoun

• चिन्तयेत्: should think
• चिन्तयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/time-adverb: afterwards)

• समाधिः: samādhi
• समाधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative particle)

• कीर्त्यते: is called/is proclaimed
• कीर्त्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), कर्मणि प्रयोगः/Passive, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• समाधेः: of samādhi
• समाधेः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• लक्षणम्: characteristic/definition
• लक्षणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक adverb: properly)

• ब्रुवतः: of (me) speaking
• ब्रुवतः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘मे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणवत्—‘मे ब्रुवतः’ (of me who am speaking)

• मे: of me/my
• मे: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• निशामय: listen/attend
• निशामय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-शम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A meditator in perfect stillness; the deity-form fades into pure luminosity; surrounding elements dissolve into a quiet, empty space—suggesting ‘no-thought’ without depicting blankness as dullness, but as radiant peace.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Samādhi is described as cessation of mental constructions after sustained concentration, opening the way to the highest realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is a technical yogic definition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An inner prescription: progress beyond thought into samādhi after dhāraṇā/dhyāna mature.