Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

यां श्रुत्वा मनुजः सद्यस्त्यजेद्विषयवासनाम् । तस्याश्चित्तं यथा शुद्धं वैराग्यरसगं यथा

Transliteration

yāṃ śrutvā manujaḥ sadyastyajedviṣayavāsanām | tasyāścittaṃ yathā śuddhaṃ vairāgyarasagaṃ yathā

Translation

En l’entendant, l’homme renoncerait aussitôt aux désirs des objets du monde. Et son esprit devint pur, comme plongé dans la saveur même du vairāgya, le détachement.

Word by Word

• याम्: which (story)
• याम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (refers to कथाम्)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), धातु: श्रु (to hear)

• मनुजः: a man, person
• मनुजः: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• त्यजेत्: should abandon
• त्यजेत्: Kriyā (Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विषयवासनाम्: desire for sense-objects
• विषयवासनाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय-वासना (प्रातिपदिक; विषय + वासना)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her/that (story)
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• चित्तम्: mind
• चित्तम्: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यथा: how, as
• यथा: Sambandha-dyotaka (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/how)

• शुद्धम्: pure
• शुद्धम्: Kartā (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of चित्तम्)

• वैराग्यरसगम्: gone into/imbued with the flavor of dispassion
• वैराग्यरसगम्: Kartā (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैराग्य-रस-ग (प्रातिपदिक; वैराग्य + रस + ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of चित्तम्)

• यथा: as, how
• यथा: Sambandha-dyotaka (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/how)

Speaker

Narrator (continuing the effect of the brāhmaṇa’s kathā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: mahākṣetra (name not specified in excerpt)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A subtle inner transformation: the listener’s face becomes serene, eyes softened; worldly objects fade into the background as the aura of renunciation ‘flavor’ envelops her.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberating teachings, when truly heard, can swiftly uproot worldly desires and establish the mind in renunciation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is indicated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing (śravaṇa) of a renunciation-filled sacred discourse as a practical means to reduce vāsanā.