Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 116

Devanagari script

आलोक्य सर्वशास्त्राणि विचार्य च पुनःपुनः । इदमेव सुनिष्पन्नं ध्येयो नारायणः सदा

Transliteration

ālokya sarvaśāstrāṇi vicārya ca punaḥpunaḥ | idameva suniṣpannaṃ dhyeyo nārāyaṇaḥ sadā

Translation

Ayant parcouru tous les śāstra et réfléchi maintes et maintes fois, une seule conclusion demeure ferme : Nārāyaṇa doit être médité en tout temps.

Word by Word

• आलोक्य: having examined
• आलोक्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आलोक् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having observed)

• सर्वशास्त्राणि: all scriptures
• सर्वशास्त्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि शास्त्राणि = all scriptures)

• विचार्य: having reflected
• विचार्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि + चर् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having reflected)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुनःपुनः: again and again
• पुनःपुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनःपुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb: again and again)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle: only/indeed)

• सुनिष्पन्नम्: well-established, well-proven
• सुनिष्पन्नम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + निष् + पद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (इदम्)

• ध्येयः: to be meditated upon
• ध्येयः: Pradhana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्येय (प्रातिपदिक; ध्यै धातोः यत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्/अनीयर्-अर्थे: to be meditated upon), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: always)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned sage surrounded by scrolls and palm-leaf śāstras, then setting them aside to sit in unwavering meditation on Nārāyaṇa, whose serene form appears in the heart-lotus or as a subtle vision.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• śāstras
• Vastrāpathakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After mature scriptural inquiry, constant meditation on Nārāyaṇa is presented as the stable, decisive path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra, where scriptural study culminates in steady Nārāyaṇa-dhyāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated śāstra-vicāra (reflection) leading to continuous dhyāna (meditation) on Nārāyaṇa.