Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ततो विज्ञाय विज्ञाय परं ब्रह्म स्वरूपतः । मधुकन्दर्पयोषित्सु विकारो नाभवत्तयोः

Transliteration

tato vijñāya vijñāya paraṃ brahma svarūpataḥ | madhukandarpayoṣitsu vikāro nābhavattayoḥ

Translation

Ainsi, ayant pleinement connu le Brahman suprême tel qu’il est en vérité, nul trouble ni altération ne s’éleva en eux, bien que fussent présentes les tentations sous la forme de Madhu, de Kāma et de femmes enchanteresses.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तदनन्तर/तस्मात्-अर्थे (then/thereupon)

• विज्ञाय: having known
• विज्ञाय: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• विज्ञाय: having fully known
• विज्ञाय: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (ब्रह्म इति विशेषण)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वरूपतः: as to its true nature
• स्वरूपतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वरूपतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘in respect of/according to true nature’

• मधुकन्दर्पयोषित्सु: among the women of Madhu and Kandarpa
• मधुकन्दर्पयोषित्सु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु + कन्दर्प + योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मधु-कन्दर्पयोः योषितः = women of Madhu and Kandarpa); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन

• विकारः: change/perturbation
• विकारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• अभवत्: arose/occurred
• अभवत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तयोः: of the two (of them)
• तयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

Speaker

Narrator (not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Temptations assemble—Kāma, Madhu, and alluring women—yet the two ascetics remain unmoved, seated like statues; a subtle aura indicates Brahman-knowledge shielding them.

Characters & Entities

• Brahman
• Kandarpa (Kāma)
• Madhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True knowledge of Brahman stabilizes the mind; temptations lose their power when the Self is realized.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is specified in this verse; it supports the wider Revā Khaṇḍa’s dharma-teaching framework associated with Narmadā-region sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it emphasizes jñāna (realization) and inner steadiness rather than an external rite.