Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

विशुद्धे चेतसि नृणां ध्यानं सिध्यत्युमापतेः । ध्यानेन सर्वं मलिनं मनोवाक्कायसंभृतम्

Transliteration

viśuddhe cetasi nṛṇāṃ dhyānaṃ sidhyatyumāpateḥ | dhyānena sarvaṃ malinaṃ manovākkāyasaṃbhṛtam

Translation

When people’s minds are purified, meditation on Umāpati (Śiva, Lord of Umā) succeeds. Through meditation, all impurity accumulated by mind, speech, and body is removed.

Word by Word

• विशुद्धे: in (a) purified
• विशुद्धे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Neuter; Locative; Singular)

• चेतसि: in the mind
• चेतसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Neuter; Locative; Singular)

• नृणाम्: of men/people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Masculine; Genitive; Plural)

• ध्यानम्: meditation
• ध्यानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Neuter; Nom/Acc; Singular)

• सिध्यति: is accomplished, succeeds
• सिध्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sidh (सिध् धातु)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Present; 3rd person; Singular; Atmanepada)

• उमापतेः: of Umāpati (Śiva)
• उमापतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā-pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Genitive; Singular)

• ध्यानेन: by meditation
• ध्यानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Neuter; Instrumental; Singular)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Neuter; Nom/Acc; Singular)

• मलिनम्: impure, tainted
• मलिनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: malina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Neuter; Nom/Acc; Singular)

• मनोवाक्कायसंभृतम्: accumulated by mind, speech, and body
• मनोवाक्कायसंभृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manas + vāc + kāya + saṃ-√bhṛ (भृ धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘संभृत’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (Neuter; Nom/Acc; Sg); समासः: मनः-वाक्-काय-सम्भृत (tatpuruṣa; ‘accumulated/produced by mind, speech, body’)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (unnamed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A meditator seated in padmāsana, mind depicted as a clear lake; above, Umāpati (Śiva with Umā) appears in subtle radiance; dark smudges labeled mind/speech/body dissolve into light.

Characters & Entities

• Umāpati
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity of mind enables effective meditation on Śiva, and meditation in turn cleanses the impurities generated through thought, speech, and action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the verse focuses on Shaiva meditation as a universal sādhanā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna (meditation) on Umāpati (Śiva) is recommended as a purifier of the threefold conduct—mind, speech, and body.