Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

जपतस्तस्य विप्रस्य इंद्रियाणि लयं ययुः । केवलं परमानंदस्वरूपोऽसावभूत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

japatastasya viprasya iṃdriyāṇi layaṃ yayuḥ | kevalaṃ paramānaṃdasvarūpo'sāvabhūtkṣaṇāt

Translation

Tandis que ce brāhmane poursuivait son japa, ses sens se fondirent dans l’immobilité. En un instant, il ne fut plus que la forme même de la béatitude suprême.

Word by Word

• japataḥ: of (him) who was chanting
• japataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (धातु) + -at (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तम्; षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive Singular) — 'of (one) who is chanting'

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• viprasya: of the brāhmaṇa
• viprasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• indriyāṇi: the senses
• indriyāṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• layam: dissolution, absorption
• layam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• yayuḥ: went, entered
• yayuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• kevalam: only, merely
• kevalam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थक/विशेषणार्थक क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial: 'only/merely')

• paramānanda-svarūpaḥ: (one who is) the very form of supreme bliss
• paramānanda-svarūpaḥ: Karta/Predicative (Subject complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (परमस्य आनन्दस्य स्वरूपः)

• asau: that person, he
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• abhūt: became
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• kṣaṇāt: in an instant, instantly
• kṣaṇāt: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa seated in japa; senses symbolically dissolving into a calm aura; the body steady, breath subtle, face serene, suggesting instantaneous absorption into supreme bliss.

Characters & Entities

• Kālabhīti (as vipra/brāhmaṇa in context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere japa, supported by a powerful tīrtha, culminates in inner absorption—sense-withdrawal and direct taste of higher bliss.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same gupta-kṣetra setting is implied; its power is shown by the immediate inner transformation produced during japa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-japa is the practice; its described sign is indriya-laya (subsiding of the senses) and blissful absorption.