Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

जीवन्मुक्तश्च भविता भुवनानि चतुर्दश । इत्युक्तश्च महेशानं प्रणमंश्च पुनःपुनः । महेश्वरेण सहितो मंदराचलमाययौ

Transliteration

jīvanmuktaśca bhavitā bhuvanāni caturdaśa | ityuktaśca maheśānaṃ praṇamaṃśca punaḥpunaḥ | maheśvareṇa sahito maṃdarācalamāyayau

Translation

He shall become liberated while yet alive (jīvanmukta), renowned throughout the fourteen worlds. Thus addressed, he bowed again and again to Maheśāna; and, accompanied by Maheśvara, he went to Mount Mandara.

Word by Word

• जीवन्मुक्तः: a living-liberated one
• जीवन्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवत् (कृदन्त; √जीव्) + मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय — 'living (yet) liberated'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction) — 'and'

• भविता: will become
• भविता: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 'will be'

• भुवनानि: worlds
• भुवनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन — 'worlds' (as apposition/object depending on construal)

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्द; नपुंसक-बहुवचनार्थे विशेषण — 'fourteen'

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle) — 'thus'

• उक्तः: having been addressed/so said
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) — 'having been said/called'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात — 'and'

• महेशानम्: Maheshāna (Śiva)
• महेशानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — 'Maheshāna (Śiva)'

• प्रणमन्: bowing
• प्रणमन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमान कृदन्त (present participle) — 'bowing'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात — 'and'

• पुनःपुनः: repeatedly
• पुनःपुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः + पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरुक्ति — 'again and again'

• महेश्वरेण: with Maheshvara
• महेश्वरेण: Sahakaraka (Instrumental/सह-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — 'with/by Maheshvara'

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; √सह् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय — 'accompanied'

• मन्दराचलम्: to Mandara mountain
• मन्दराचलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर + अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय — 'Mandara mountain'

• आययौ: went, arrived
• आययौ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 'went/arrived'

Speaker

Narrator (continuation after Śiva’s pronouncement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mandarācala (Mandara Mountain)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The yogin bows repeatedly to Maheśāna; Śiva and the yogin then journey together toward the majestic Mandara mountain rising in the distance, with a sense of auspicious departure and cosmic destiny.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśāna (Śiva)
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Mandarācala (Mount Mandara)
• fourteen worlds

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is possible in embodied life (jīvanmukti), and the liberated one moves under divine guidance within sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mandarācala (Mount Mandara) is explicitly mentioned as the sacred destination in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated prostration (praṇāma) is modeled as devotional conduct, though no formal vrata or snāna is prescribed here.