Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

अस्थ्यर्थं याचितो देवैस्त्यजाम्येतत्कलेवरम् । ब्रह्मलोकं व्रजाम्यद्य परमेण समाधिना

Transliteration

asthyarthaṃ yācito devaistyajāmyetatkalevaram | brahmalokaṃ vrajāmyadya parameṇa samādhinā

Translation

À la demande des dieux, pour l’amour de mes os, j’abandonne ce corps. Aujourd’hui, par le samādhi suprême, je me rends à Brahmaloka.

Word by Word

• अस्थ्यर्थम्: for (the sake of) bones
• अस्थ्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: अस्थ्नाम् अर्थः/अस्थ्यर्थः = for the sake of bones

• याचितः: requested
• याचितः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘I (am) requested’

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana (Agent in passive/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• त्यजामि: I abandon
• त्यजामि: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• कलेवरम्: body
• कलेवरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Karma (Goal/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ब्रह्मणः लोकः

• व्रजामि: I go
• व्रजामि: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक

• परमेण: supreme
• परमेण: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाधिना सह), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (समाधिना)

• समाधिना: with samādhi/meditative absorption
• समाधिना: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Viprarṣi (to his wife)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage declares he will abandon his body for the gods’ request of bones and ascend to Brahmaloka through supreme samādhi; an aura of yogic departure fills the hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest giving and the highest yoga can unite—selfless sacrifice performed in supreme samādhi leads to exalted realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra Khaṇḍa milieu frames the sanctity; the verse itself mentions Brahmaloka rather than a terrestrial tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Attainment through ‘parama-samādhi’ is referenced; no external ritual is prescribed.