Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

तस्मासर्वप्रयत्नेन पदं प्राप्य विचक्षणैः । अप्रमत्तैर्नरैर्भाव्यमिहामुत्र च लब्धये

Transliteration

tasmāsarvaprayatnena padaṃ prāpya vicakṣaṇaiḥ | apramattairnarairbhāvyamihāmutra ca labdhaye

Translation

Ainsi, les sages—ayant atteint une condition digne—doivent vivre avec l’effort le plus ardent et une vigilance sans faute, afin d’obtenir le bien ici-bas comme dans l’au-delà.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Anvaya (Therefore)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण निपातवत् (ablatival ‘therefore/from that’)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with every effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः: ‘सर्वः प्रयत्नः’; तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• पदम्: a state/position (goal)
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्गः प्र-, ‘प्राप्य’ = ‘प्राप्य/प्राप्य’ (having attained)

• विचक्षणैः: by the discerning (people)
• विचक्षणैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्; ‘विचक्षण’ = बुद्धिमान्

• अप्रमत्तैः: by the vigilant
• अप्रमत्तैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रमत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘नरैः’ इति विशेषणम्

• नरैः: by men/people
• नरैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• भाव्यम्: it should be (done); one must be
• भाव्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation/कर्तव्यता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) → भाव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/तव्यत्-भावे), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विधिलिङ्गार्थे ‘कर्तव्यम्/भवितव्यम्’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• अमुत्र: there (in the next world)
• अमुत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमुत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there/in the other world)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• लब्धये: for attainment
• लब्धये: Sampradāna (Purpose/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लब्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (Dative/4th), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm concluding scene: wise pilgrims and householders walking attentively toward a Śiva shrine in the Himalaya, carrying water-pots and offerings, faces composed—symbolizing vigilance and effort.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual success requires apramāda—steady vigilance and effort—so merit is preserved and fruits arise in both worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra Khaṇḍa context points to Kedārakṣetra, but this verse is a general dharma maxim.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual; it prescribes disciplined conduct and carefulness as a spiritual practice.