Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

आत्मावलोकनं भावि सुशिष्याय यथा तथा । स समाधिजद्वारेण चतुराशीतिकेन च

Transliteration

ātmāvalokanaṃ bhāvi suśiṣyāya yathā tathā | sa samādhijadvāreṇa caturāśītikena ca

Translation

Sie sagten, die Schau des Selbst werde gewiss einem würdigen Schüler aufgehen — durch das Tor des Samādhi und durch die in vierundachtzigfacher Weise gelehrte Übung.

Word by Word

• आत्मावलोकनम्: self-observation
• आत्मावलोकनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + अवलोकन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (आत्मनः अवलोकनम्)

• भावि: to be / future
• भावि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाविन् (प्रातिपदिक; √भू)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; भाविन्-प्रातिपदिक (future/impending)

• सुशिष्याय: for a good disciple
• सुशिष्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सुशिष्यः = good disciple)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानवाचक (as)

• तथा: so
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (so)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• समाधिजद्वारेण: through the door arising from samādhi
• समाधिजद्वारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि + ज + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (समाधिजं द्वारम्)

• चतुराशीतिकेन: by (the) eighty-fourfold / by eighty-four
• चतुराशीतिकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुरशीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (चतुर् + अशीतिः = 84)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (reporting what yogins taught; exact speaker not specified in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of yogins instruct a humble disciple: a symbolic ‘gateway’ (dvāra) behind them opening into a luminous inner space; diagrams or counted beads suggest an enumerated discipline (84).

Characters & Entities

• samādhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner realization is promised to the qualified disciple through deep meditative absorption (samādhi) and disciplined practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yogic prescription is implied: samādhi-based practice and an “eighty-fourfold” discipline; no bathing/charity/japa is specified here.