Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

अत्रस्थो भवनिर्मुक्तो योगाभ्यासरतः सदा । मोक्षमार्गं प्रयास्यामि स्थानान्मोक्षमसंशयम्

Transliteration

atrastho bhavanirmukto yogābhyāsarataḥ sadā | mokṣamārgaṃ prayāsyāmi sthānānmokṣamasaṃśayam

Translation

„Hier selbst verweilend, vom weltlichen Werden (bhava) befreit, stets der Übung des Yoga hingegeben, werde ich den Pfad zur Befreiung beschreiten — und von diesem Ort aus, ohne Zweifel, Mokṣa erlangen.“

Word by Word

• अत्रस्थः: staying here / situated here
• अत्रस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय) + स्थ (धातु √स्था) → अत्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण; अव्ययीभाव-समास (अत्र + स्थ)

• भव-निर्मुक्तः: freed from worldly existence (saṃsāra)
• भव-निर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त, √मुच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (भवात् निर्मुक्तः)

• योग-अभ्यास-रतः: devoted to the practice of yoga
• योग-अभ्यास-रतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + अभ्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (कृदन्त, √रम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (योगाभ्यासे रतः)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• मोक्ष-मार्गम्: the path to liberation
• मोक्ष-मार्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्मपद; तत्पुरुष-समास (मोक्षस्य मार्गः)

• प्रयास्यामि: I shall proceed / I shall go
• प्रयास्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) + या (धातु √या)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्थानात्: from (this) place
• स्थानात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative)

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मपद

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ (निषेध) + संशय (प्रातिपदिक) → असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Garbhastha being (unidentified by name in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A ‘dvija-sattama’ (best of twice-born) addressed in the surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin seated steadily at a sacred spot, serene and detached, declaring certainty of liberation from that very place; minimal worldly elements, emphasis on stillness and sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Yoga
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is attained through steady yoga-abhyāsa and freedom from bhava, anchored in firm resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific tīrtha name is not stated in this individual verse; the claim “from this place” aligns with the broader tīrtha-māhātmya framework of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yoga-abhyāsa (continuous yogic practice) is prescribed as the means; no bathing/charity/japa is specified here.