Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

पंचभूतं निवासं यज्ज्ञानरूपमिदं पदम् । पदं प्राप्य विमुक्तिः स्याज्जन्मसंसारबंधनात्

Transliteration

paṃcabhūtaṃ nivāsaṃ yajjñānarūpamidaṃ padam | padaṃ prāpya vimuktiḥ syājjanmasaṃsārabaṃdhanāt

Translation

Ce séjour—dont la demeure est faite des cinq éléments et dont la nature est connaissance—une fois atteint, accorde la délivrance (mokṣa) des liens de la naissance et de la transmigration du saṃsāra.

Word by Word

• पञ्चभूतम्: the five elements (as a set)
• पञ्चभूतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च-भूत (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + भूत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• निवासम्: abode
• निवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• ज्ञानरूपम्: having the form of knowledge
• ज्ञानरूपम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञान-रूप (प्रातिपदिक; ज्ञान + रूप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshya (Correlative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पदम्: station/state
• पदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पदम्: the station
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having attained’

• विमुक्तिः: liberation
• विमुक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be/should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• जन्मसंसारबंधनात्: from the bondage of birth and transmigration
• जन्मसंसारबंधनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म-संसार-बंधन (प्रातिपदिक; जन्म + संसार + बंधन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The yogin’s form subtly composed of five elemental colors/textures (earth, water, fire, air, ether) dissolves into a clear luminous knowledge-field; broken chains labeled ‘janma’ and ‘saṃsāra’ fall away.

Characters & Entities

• pañcabhūta (five elements)
• saṃsāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The culmination of yoga is entry into a knowledge-natured state beyond elemental bondage, resulting in liberation from repeated birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse presents the ultimate ‘padam’ as an inner destination; it does not identify a geographic tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is stated; the instruction is attainment of the jñānarūpa ‘padam’ through yogic realization.