Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

सावित्रीतीर्थमासाद्य यः कुर्यात्प्राणसंक्षयम् । ब्रह्मलोकं वसेत्तावद्यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम्

Transliteration

sāvitrītīrthamāsādya yaḥ kuryātprāṇasaṃkṣayam | brahmalokaṃ vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasamplavam

Translation

Quiconque atteint le Sāvitrī Tīrtha et y abandonne son corps (met fin à sa vie) demeure dans le monde de Brahmā jusqu’à la dissolution cosmique qui clôt le cycle des êtres.

Word by Word

• सावित्रीतीर्थम्: the Sāvitrī sacred ford
• सावित्रीतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• प्राणसंक्षयम्: ending of life (fasting unto death)
• प्राणसंक्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण-संक्षय (प्रातिपदिक); प्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + संक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative/2nd, Singular)

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Karma (Destination/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative/2nd, Singular)

• वसेत्: would dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Adverbial (काल-परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of extent: 'so long')

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Adverbial (काल-परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: 'as long as')

• आभूतसम्प्लवम्: until the cosmic dissolution
• आभूतसम्प्लवम्: Karma (Limit/पर्यन्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-भूत-सम्प्लव (प्रातिपदिक); आभूत (उपसर्गपूर्वक-भूत) + सम्प्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative/2nd, Singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate section flow; explicit speaker appears in next adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene ascetic at Sāvitrī-tīrtha, seated in meditation by the river, gently relinquishes breath; a luminous path rises to Brahmaloka with lotus-thrones and Brahmā’s realm hinted in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī Tīrtha
• Brahmaloka
• pralaya (cosmic dissolution)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic tradition teaches that certain tīrthas confer extraordinary posthumous destinations, reflecting the sanctifying power of sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāvitrī Tīrtha, presented in the Revā Khaṇḍa as a highly meritorious sacred spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse describes the phala (result) of prāṇa-saṃkṣaya at the tīrtha; it is not a general injunction, but a statement of tīrtha-māhātmya fruit.