Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

मनसा पिबतः पुंसः शिवध्यानरसामृतम् । भूयस्तृष्णा न जायेत संसारविषयासवे

Transliteration

manasā pibataḥ puṃsaḥ śivadhyānarasāmṛtam | bhūyastṛṣṇā na jāyeta saṃsāraviṣayāsave

Translation

Pour celui qui boit par l’esprit l’ambroisie, la saveur de la méditation sur Śiva, la soif ne renaît plus pour les objets enivrants du saṃsāra.

Word by Word

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• पिबतः: of one who drinks
• पिबतः: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present active participle), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (here with ‘puṃsaḥ’): ‘of (one) drinking’

• पुंसः: of a man/person
• पुंसः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुम्स्/पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• शिव-ध्यान-रस-अमृतम्: the nectar-essence of meditating on Śiva
• शिव-ध्यान-रस-अमृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + रस (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; बहु-षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला: ‘nectar which is the essence (rasa) of meditation on Śiva’

• भूयः: again; further
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरर्थक/अधिक्यबोधक (again; further)

• तृष्णा: craving
• तृष्णा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• जायेत: should arise
• जायेत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘should arise/be born’

• संसार-विषय-आसवे: in the intoxicant of worldly sense-objects
• संसार-विषय-आसवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + विषय (प्रातिपदिक) + आसव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला: ‘in the intoxicant (āsava) of worldly objects’

Speaker

Śiva-yogin (teacher/guru speaking to the queen)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin sits in meditation; from the heart-lotus rises a stream of luminous nectar labeled ‘Śiva-dhyāna-rasa’; worldly objects appear as dim wine-cups losing their allure.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deep meditation on Śiva replaces worldly cravings; inner taste (rasa) for the divine dissolves desire for sense-objects.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified; the verse teaches an inner sādhana rather than pilgrimage geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-dhyāna (meditation on Śiva) is prescribed as the practice that neutralizes tṛṣṇā (craving).