Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततो वर्षशते पूर्णे ब्रह्मद्वारेण केवलम् । आत्मानं सम्यगुत्सृज्य मोक्षमेव प्रयास्यसि

Transliteration

tato varṣaśate pūrṇe brahmadvāreṇa kevalam | ātmānaṃ samyagutsṛjya mokṣameva prayāsyasi

Translation

Puis, lorsque les cent ans seront accomplis, par la seule Porte de Brahmā, tu déposeras dûment ce corps et tu iras vers la délivrance même (mokṣa).

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): ‘thereupon/then’

• varṣaśate: in (the period of) a hundred years
• varṣaśate: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘वर्षाणां शते’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (locative: in a hundred years)

• pūrṇe: when completed, full
• pūrṇe: Adhikarana (Temporal qualifier/कालविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying varṣaśate)

• brahmadvāreṇa: through the Brahma-gate
• brahmadvāreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘ब्रह्मणः द्वारम्’ (instrumental: through/by the Brahma-gate)

• kevalam: only, solely
• kevalam: Sambandha (Modifier/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable particle/adverb): ‘only/merely’

• ātmānam: the self
• ātmānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• samyak: properly, fully
• samyak: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘properly, completely’

• utsṛjya: having relinquished
• utsṛjya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-√sṛj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; ‘having abandoned/relinquished’

• mokṣam: liberation
• mokṣam: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle of emphasis): ‘indeed/just’

• prayāsyasi: you will go/attain
• prayāsyasi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene, luminous threshold (‘Brahma-gate’) opens as the devotee, having completed a full life, peacefully releases the body; subtle divine radiance indicates liberation rather than a dramatic death scene.

Characters & Entities

• brahmadvāra (brahmarandhra)
• mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic life culminates in a disciplined departure and liberation; mokṣa is portrayed as a divinely ordered end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is delivered within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, connecting liberation themes to the kṣetra’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual; it implies a yogic/inner passage at death via the brahmarandhra (brahmadvāra).