Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मनाड्या प्राणवायुं मूर्द्धन्यारोप्ययोगतः । प्राणान्निर्गमयामास ब्रह्मरंध्रेण तत्र सः

Transliteration

brahmanāḍyā prāṇavāyuṃ mūrddhanyāropyayogataḥ | prāṇānnirgamayāmāsa brahmaraṃdhreṇa tatra saḥ

Translation

Là, par la discipline du yoga, il éleva le souffle vital par la brahma-nāḍī jusqu’au sommet de la tête, et fit sortir les prāṇas par le brahma-randhra.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मनाड्या: through the brahma-nāḍī channel
• ब्रह्मनाड्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + नाडी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः नाडी)

• प्राणवायुम्: the vital air (prāṇa-vāyu)
• प्राणवायुम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (प्राणरूपः वायुः)

• मूर्धनि: on/at the crown of the head
• मूर्धनि: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• आरोप्य: having raised/placed
• आरोप्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + रुह्/रोप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• योगतः: by yoga / through yogic practice
• योगतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• प्राणान्: the life-breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• निर्गमयामास: he caused to go out / expelled
• निर्गमयामास: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + गम् (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative)

• ब्रह्मरन्ध्रेण: through the brahma-opening (at the crown)
• ब्रह्मरन्ध्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + रन्ध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः रन्ध्रम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekāntarāmanātha-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage in deep samādhi; a subtle luminous channel rises along the spine to the crown, indicating prāṇa moving through brahma-nāḍī; at the crown, a radiant aperture (brahma-randhra) signifies conscious release.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya’s brother (mahāmuni)
• brahma-nāḍī
• brahma-randhra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha-based life of discipline culminates in yogic mastery, depicting liberation as both grace and realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The act occurs at the Setu mahātīrtha (Ekāntarāmanātha context), highlighting the place as conducive to yogic culmination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yogic practice: raising prāṇa through the subtle channel and departing via brahma-randhra (a samādhi-maraṇa motif).