Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

मूलं हि सर्वधर्माणां ब्रह्मचर्यं परं तपः । तेनाहं तत्र स्थास्यामि मूलश्रीपतिसंज्ञितः

Transliteration

mūlaṃ hi sarvadharmāṇāṃ brahmacaryaṃ paraṃ tapaḥ | tenāhaṃ tatra sthāsyāmi mūlaśrīpatisaṃjñitaḥ

Translation

Assurément, le brahmacarya est la racine de tous les dharmas ; il est l’ascèse suprême. C’est pourquoi J’y demeurerai, renommé sous le nom de Mūlaśrīpati.

Word by Word

• मूलम्: root, foundation
• मूलम्: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; reason/emphasis)

• सर्व-धर्माणाम्: of all duties/dharmas
• सर्व-धर्माणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; genitive plural

• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: brahmacarya, celibate discipline
• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; agreeing with तपः

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• तेन: by that, therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्थास्यामि: will stay/stand
• स्थास्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मूल-श्री-पति-संज्ञितः: named ‘Mūlaśrīpati’
• मूल-श्री-पति-संज्ञितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक) + श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञित (कृदन्त; √ज्ञा + सम् + क्त)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; 'named/called (as) Mūlaśrīpati'

Speaker

Nārāyaṇa/Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mūlaśrīpati-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene shrine labeled Mūlaśrīpati; ascetics and disciplined householders stand with controlled senses; the deity’s presence is shown as a steady radiance rooted in the place.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmacarya
• Mūlaśrīpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-discipline (brahmacarya) is upheld as the foundation of dharma and the highest tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular sacred locale in the Revā Khaṇḍa is implied as the place where the Lord abides as “Mūlaśrīpati,” within the Narmadā tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse praises brahmacarya as a core observance (vrata-like discipline) supporting all dharmic practice.